2016: The New Tsar

2016: The New Tsar

Just who is Vladimir Putin, that poker-faced, sometimes bare-chested Russian leader? Where did he come from? And, after his push into Ukraine and Syria, where will he go next? New York Times correspondent STEVEN LEE MYERS, based for seven years in Moscow and author of the gripping biography The New Tsar, will trace Putin’s trajectory from his impoverished Leningrad childhood up through the ranks of the KBG to the presidency. To help explain why Putin has turned back the clock in Russian behavior, Myers will be joined in conversation by Brookings Institution President STROBE TALBOTT.