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Nikita crews chief, your father knew the iconic value of using the u.n. in a different way. for theater, whether pounding the table in protest or disrupting a speech in protest. he used confrontations to command attention. take a look. >> none of us particularly were welcome in our countries, a large number of officials. a large number oaf physicians from abroad. a large number of -- [ inaudible ] >> id like it translated if you would. [ applause ] >> perhaps most well-known disruption was the l...

That the u.n. resolution will not include the use of military force or the threat of military force against syria as a consequence for noncompliance. politics makes strange bedfellows but as cold war history has shown, our history with russia is -- it would be an overstatement to call it a friend. its no overstatement to say that president obama and his team need to deliver on this one in syria which wont be an easy task considering russias temperament. as winston churchill famously said. i cann...

President. it is a desire to be seen as sharing equivalence with the united states. both in terms of refusing to accept that american democracy is a superior political system. >> is that a bad thing for the world or us? >> its certainly a bad thing for the united states, no question about that. you see a united states that is embarrassed on the global stage after the events of the past ten days. a united states whose government seems weaker on the world stage than before. >> we were weak before ...

Country. went to the pot belgrade, they spoke there. they resolved these problems. still it was their way of maintaining attention between them but it was no such crisis. now we lost this culture of g h negotiation with enemy. >> i think if the united states were willing to negotiate with honestly with assad by, wed get this thing done. unfortunately our negotiating position su die. thats not a very good negotiating position. thank you, professor cruise chef from brown university and simon marks...

American people were not interested in a war in syria. not because of anything to do with the russians. >> youre weak because youre being consistently outmaneuvered. the russians outmaneuvered you on the. >> professor khrushchev, do you accept the fact that simon marks just made the argument that a lot of this has to do with ego and the desire of the russian lead to re-establish global equality with the united states? >> i think that the putin realistic and he understand that russia no more the ...

It is a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma. perhaps there is a key, russian national interest. its worth askinging what makes putins russia tick? >> with us is simon marks and sergei khrushchev, the son of nikita khrushchev the leader of the soviet union. this is a picture of father and son going back to 1959. sergei is now a senior fellow at the great brown universitys watson institute for international studies. professor, thank you for joining us. i guess the first question is,in...

Regional geopolitical power broker and defines the region broadly. >> let me ask you this, fiona, on a lower level, is it possible putin is simply acting like charles de gaulle did in the 60s and late 50s? he wanted to make life difficult. that was the gaullest strategy. be difficult. is there a part that doesnt want to be friendly to obama, simply as that? >> absolutely. this plays extremely well at home. the whole story about sending out delegations of the russian doom and the russian parliame...

It could very well splatter all over the globe if we go after assad and do him damage. mr. vladimir putin is a man of tremendous pride and will have to react somewhat negatively to us. >> i think what putin is most worried about is the splattering a little bit closer to home. its the blowback over what we could see over the implosions in syria, but specific blowback for russia, itself. beyond some of the issues that simon has alluded to, some of the more micro-level interests in syria, itself, t...

Civil war in syria, u.s. relations with syria have been strained due to russian support for syrian president bashar al assad. an now there is this. putin is proposing sending a delegation of russian lawmakers to lobby the u.s. congress to oppose a military strike on syria. the back and forth between the u.s. and russia has greatly increased tensions between two countries that had worked hard for years to become global partners after the dark ages of the cold war. joining me right to discuss this...

Charles de gaulle did in the 60s and late 50s? he wanted to make life difficult. that was the gaullest strategy. be difficult. is there a part that doesnt want to be friendly to obama, simply as that? >> absolutely. this plays extremely well at home. the whole story about sending out delegations of the russian doom and the russian parliament to meet with members of congress, this is just a piece . it plays well for the domestic audience who enjoy -- >> you know what they have now? enough money t...