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Sarah Paine
Sarah Paine. In this lecture, military historian Sarah Paine explains how Russia—and specifically Stalin—completely derailed China’s rise, slowing them down for over a century.
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2025
6 appearances
Dwarkesh Podcast / December 19, 2025 / Episode #99
Sarah Paine — Why Russia Lost the Cold War
Oil crisis, Sino-Soviet split, ethnic rebellions, and arms build-up
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Did Reagan single-handedly win the Cold War?
Did Reagan single-handedly win the Cold War?
Dwarkesh Podcast / October 31, 2025 / Episode #96
Sarah Paine — How Russia sabotaged China's rise
Plus, where Russia and China go from here
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How Russia took advantage of China’s weakness
How Russia took advantage of China’s weakness
Dwarkesh Podcast / July 25, 2025 / Episode #89
Sarah Paine — How Imperial Japan defeated Tsarist Russia & Qing China
Plus, the most lopsided naval battle in human history
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Pearl Harbor (1941) vs surprise attack of Port Arthur (1904)
Pearl Harbor (1941) vs surprise attack of Port Arthur (1904)
Dwarkesh Podcast / January 30, 2025 / Episode #77
Sarah Paine — How Mao conquered China (lecture & interview)
How did Mao go from military genius to peacetime disaster? How can someone shrewd enough to win a civil war outnumbered 5 to 1 decide "let's kill all the birds"?
Dwarkesh Podcast / January 23, 2025 / Episode #76
Sarah Paine — Why Japan lost WWII (lecture & interview)
Continuing our WWII series: the ideas and economics behind Japanese imperialism and the fatal flaw in their military culture that cost them the war
Dwarkesh Podcast / January 16, 2025 / Episode #75
Sarah Paine — The war for India (lecture & interview)
First of three new lectures from Professor Paine, followed by my questions. This time: Mao v Khrushchev v Nehru v LBJ
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Sarah Paine
Sarah Paine. In this lecture, military historian Sarah Paine explains how Russia—and specifically Stalin—completely derailed China’s rise, slowing them down for over a century.
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January 16, 2025 to December 19, 2025
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