Man, if only it was possible to interview Carroll Quigley, he was a really remarkable historian, he wrote a few books, Tragedy and Hope is his best known. Then there's the Anglo American Empire etc.<br>I know Stephen Kotkin is respected a lot as an academic, and advisor to different groups, though I have a suspicion that he's still very political, and likely skews information, especially in Russia's case. Just my suspicion.<br>I'm very sure he's strongly linked to the Council on Foreign Relations, and I think the Bilderberg group.<br><br>Also, did people know that the US had plans to merge the USSR together?<br>If it wasn't for Putin, this could very well hand happened.<br>The plan was for this to be done after the West massively backrupted and demoralised Russia, in the 90s. Bill Browder was a key western agent in this with the oligarchs.<br><br>Look up the Hillsdale college channel for a historian who goes into a lot of depth about the Russian economy, and things Putin did, good and bad.