Steven Lee Myers, Correspondent, The New York Times; Author, The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin; Twitter @stevenleemyers 
Edward Walker, Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of the Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies, UC Berkeley—Moderator

This program is part of the Good Lit series underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation

In a gripping narrative of Putin’s rise to power as Russia’s president, New York Times columnist Steven Lee Myers recounts Putin’s origins—from his childhood of abject poverty in Leningrad, to his ascension through the ranks of the KGB, and to his eventual consolidation of rule.
Myers shares his thoughts on Putin as well as what a newly assertive Russia might mean for our future.