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Best of: Daniel Immerwahr on Why Geopolitics is a Racket | Ep. 180
Episode 181
This re-released conversation with Daniel Immerwahr is one of our all-time top ten episodes, initially released on December 28, 2022. Why do geopolit…
1 year, 7 months ago
Live Event! US Foreign Policy and the 2024 Elections | Ep. 179
Episode 180
Out of the maybe 20 live events I spoke at in the US recently, only one—one!—was actually recorded and you’re about to hear it.
About this Event:
Fro…
1 year, 8 months ago
Chinese Capitalism v. Debt Geopolitics w/ Shahar Hameiri | Ep. 178
Episode 179
Why is “debt-trap diplomacy” nothing more than an anti-China meme? Why is the geopolitical interpretation of Chinese overseas lending wrong, and what…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Possibilities of Progressive Worldmaking | Ep. 177
Episode 178
This interview with the Review of Democracy podcast is the deepest dive to date on Van Jackson’s book, Grand Strategies of the Left: The Foreign Poli…
1 year, 10 months ago
Guam, War, and the Non-Sovereign Pacific, w/ Kenneth Gofigan Kuper | Ep. 176
Episode 177
What does Guam’s political status say about US strategic thought? What strategic choices does Guam have if it were allowed self-determination? What d…
1 year, 11 months ago
Inequality, IR Theory, and the Imperial Blind Spot | Ep. 175
Episode 176
This episode is unusual, more like part of a mini-lecture series. I was asked to give a talk recently on inequality, development, and IR theory for a…
2 years ago
The Left Debates Foreign Policy! | Ep. 174
Episode 175
What’s wrong with liberal internationalism? What alternatives do socialists and progressives offer? Is voting more (or less) than a defensive tactic?…
2 years ago
Silicon Valley’s Galactic Colony Fetish, w/ Alina Utrata | Ep. 173
Episode 174
How do the space-colony visions of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos meaningfully differ? What does a company like Space-X have in common with the old imperia…
2 years ago
The Reactionary Worldmaking of Counter-Insurgency, w/ Joseph Mackay | Ep. 172
Episode 173
What separates conservatives from reactionaries, and where do they converge? What are the politics inherent to counterinsurgency strategy? What does …
2 years, 1 month ago
Death of the Think-Tanker w/ Matthew Petti | Ep. 171
Episode 172
What made Daniel Ellsberg—the famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower—different from today’s public intellectuals? How has the think tank environment in …
2 years, 2 months ago