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	Podcast:		Ideas
	Episode:		Russia’s constant craving for U.S. recognition
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:54:35
	Publish Date:		2025-05-13 04:10:00
	Description:		Historian Sergei Radchenko revisits the Cold War, focusing on what the idea of global power meant to the Soviet Kremlin. He argues that Soviet leaders, from Joseph Stalin to Mikhail Gorbachev, have always had a strong desire to be recognized as a superpower on the world stage, especially from the U.S. For decades, this desire could never be satisfied, resulting in frustration, and leading to outsized consequences throughout history. Radchenko’s call for a rethink of Moscow’s motivations has made him one of the most-read scholars on Soviet history today.
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