Book talk with Fiona Hill, co-author of “Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin.” Fiona Hill is director of the Center on the United States and Europe, and senior fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at The Brookings Institution. She is a frequent commentator on Russian and Eurasian affairs, who has researched and published extensively on issues related to Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, regional conflicts, energy, and strategic issues. She is also the co-author of the forthcoming book, Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin(Brookings Press, 2013). Discussant: Stephen Sestanovich, Columbia University This talk was part of this year's “Corruption and Patronage” core project. The project examines these issues both within Eurasian societies and comparatively, and asks a provocative question: do corruption and patron/client favoritism always impede progress, or instead are they a way to get things done in societies that lack well institutionalized legal systems? For information on Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin(Brookings Press, 2013), follow the link below.