Program 559: Dutch Climate Change Strategies; Nina Khrushcheva In Putin's Footsteps

We'll hear some of the ways the Netherlands — a country that can’t afford time to argue about climate change — is protecting its citizens from steadily rising seas. Then international-affairs professor Nina Khrushcheva, great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev, tells us what she learned about her motherland when she traveled to towns in all eleven of its time zones, with a focus on understanding the Russian heartland’s strong support for Vladimir Putin. 

• Hans de Kefte and Jody van Engelsdorp, tour guides from the Netherlands
• Nina Khrushcheva, Professor of International Affairs at the New School, and co-author of "In Putin's Footsteps" (St. Martin's Press)

• Information on the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, the "Ship Museum."
• Rick includes photos of dikes in the Netherlands in a blog entry he wrote a few years ago.
• Nina Khrushcheva is co-author of "In Putin's Footsteps." She teaches at the New School in New York City.
• Nina links to recent articles she's written about Russia on her website. 
• Nina is also the author of "Imagining Nabokov." She writes about her family name and history in "The Lost Khrushchev."