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Options. then came deng xiaoping and his policies that opened china up to the market and the world. they had resulted not just in sustained peace and stability, but what the economist jeffrey sax has called the most successful development story in world history. for four decades chinas economy grew at almost 10% per year and gdp per capita has jumped more than 25 fold. with this economic progress has come the creation of a new chinese society, much more open, more ambitious and confident of its ...

Perceived as a potential leader of that party? and its also very interesting lesson, this is someone, as you said, whos been a celebrity, been a part of the elite media hes now condemning for quite a long time, for two decades at least. and it kind of goes to show just because youre media trained in one area, youre able to succeed in one area, does not mean you can translate that necessarily to another area. and i think this is kind of a lesson in overconfidence and hubris. >> interesting. and m...

Direction. >> that was dr. anthony fauci warning against overconfidence amid the downward trend of covid infections, the average number of cases fell about 5% in the past week. joining us now to talk about this, physician and fellow at the brookings institution dr. patel, a former obama white house policy director and msnbc medical contributor. were so grateful for you to be here. it does seem like cases are still dropping. here in the northeast, they have definitely declined from the peak, and ...

Ambitious and confident of its place in the world. its only natural that people in china have a great measure of pride and satisfaction, and that can sometimes morph into overconfidence and arrogance. and when they hear criticisms of their country in the west, they may well wonder whether the foreigners are just resentful of a china that has moved up so fast in the ranks of nations. whether an american in particular wants to keep china in its place. its a fair question. its always been difficult...

Their -- the russians willingness to use multiple rocket launch technology against kharkiv last night, you will see the same thing meted out to kyiv in the coming days. so, they will go through approach of overwhelming brutal firepower to create shock and awe, to blast the -- the ukrainians into a surrender and the ukrainians will not do that. i think ukrainians will fight as long as they can and then they will switch to an insurgency and to a war resistance from the west. i think thats the stra...

Guess, such halting attack plans. keep in mind, this is round 1. round 2 is three miles of tanks coming this way. whats the world going to do if building here in kyiv start to crumble and those people in their basements are under rubble? >> steve: thats absolutely right. because of, when they start shelling, its one thing to use a precision guided missile. and take out a military installation. but its something else to use just shelling, which would level all those beautiful buildings behind you...

Coordinate. they are very difficult because it is hard to identify friend from foe. and it is the kind of fighting that takes place at very close quarters. many of the fights in iraq took place alt distances of ten meters or less. the presence of civilians makes things even more difficult. and in this fight, we are going to see the russians use more firepower and there are going to be massive casualties if they do go into kyiv. >> its extraordinary to even hear you say that. we are talking about...

Planning, there was -- terrible overconfidence. the military, which had developed sort of a little bit of a mystique as being vaunted, has proven to have clay feet, at least in ukraine. strategy? yes. first night, we remember, there was a move, the special operations in airborne, to capture a -- an air base and then to make a quick push through that into kyiv and capture it. it didnt happen. it was foiled. it was blocked. and then the russians now have been in some -- theyre sort of almost in me...

Hugely overconfident russian military engaging with the reality of a really high earned, well equipped, highly motivated opponent. so, i think weve seen an error of overconfidence, as far as theyre concerned. and they have underestimated the ukrainians. thats led to tactical and operational failures in terms of logistics. in terms of economic control. but i think its also underline is that russia is just not used to doing this type of stuff. big, coordinated, air, land, maritime operations, on m...

Russian military. number three, this is obviously the most important factor, is ukrainian resistance. one reason why theyre being so effective in the field is because of the kinds of material that the united states and so many other nations are giving them in the fight. but we also have been training them, and you know, over the last eight years. its not about the stuff, its about their ability to use that stuff in the field effectively and that was a result, again, of the united states, canada,...