Vlad Vexler: What No One Understands About Putin’s Power

Russia's Vladimir Putin makes it clear why you cannot reason with dictators, and should never try. Every moment spent seeking “understanding” or “compromise” with regimes like Putin’s only tightens their grip and weakens yours. What begins as diplomacy quickly becomes surrender, because men like Putin don’t negotiate — they exploit hesitation.

For two decades, the West has hoped that dialogue, trade, or diplomacy might temper the Kremlin. Instead, it’s emboldened it. Each concession, each reset, each pipeline deal has only confirmed one thing: strength is the only language authoritarianism respects.

So in this video, Vlad Vexler joins me to unpack why appeasement of dictators is doomed from the start, how sanctions — flawed though they are — remain the only meaningful pressure left, and why supporting Russia’s opposition is vital if we’re serious about stopping Putin’s expansion, not accommodating it.
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Timestamps

00:00 – 00:59 | Pushing Russia East
00:59 – 03:05 | Why You Can’t Appease Putin
03:05 – 04:01 | No Middle Ground with Dictators
04:01 – 04:26 | Europe’s Hawkish Trap
04:26 – 06:04 | The Sanctions Paradox
06:04 – 07:32 | Supporting Russia’s Opposition

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