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Robbie Shilliam on Frontier Imperialism and Post-BLM International Relations | Ep. 170
Episode 171
After George Floyd’s police murder and the Black Lives Matter movement explosion in 2020, the field of international relations rushed to engage the t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Adom Getachew: W.E.B. Du Bois’s International Thought | Ep. 169
Episode 170
In this episode, Van sits down with Adom Getachew to talk about W.E.B. Du Bois’s life and Du Bois-ian thought as a prism for making sense of the worl…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Writers' Strike, Global Film, and Entertainment Multipolarity, w/ Kevin Fox | Ep. 168
Episode 169
Have you ever wondered about the political economy of movie-making?
Like, why are Hollywood movies globally hegemonic, and why is South Korea its only…
2 years, 4 months ago
Live Show! China, US Grand Strategy, and the Inequality Problem | Ep. 167
Episode 168
I just gave a talk to a section of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs—a great group of a couple dozen Gen Z’ers, at a nice little bar…
2 years, 4 months ago
Fighting Pentagon Graft, w/ William Hartung and Julia Gledhill
Episode 167
This episode doesn’t just have a theme, it has a thesis. Have you wondered how precisely the Pentagon manages to siphon so much taxpayer money year a…
2 years, 5 months ago
Dissident Thinking, Foreign Policy for the Middle Class, and Progressive Fissures Around Militarism | Ep. 165
Episode 166
In this cross-over episode with the Security Dilemma podcast, Van speaks with Patrick Fox and John Allen Gay of the John Quincy Adams Society about a…
2 years, 5 months ago
Part II: Classical Realism Versus International Relations, Interview w/ Jonathan Kirshner | Ep. 164
Episode 165
Part II of my conversation with Jonathan Kirshner about his new book, An Unwritten Future: Realism, Uncertainty, and World Politics. Kirshner explain…
2 years, 5 months ago
Part I: Classical Realism Versus International Relations, Interview w/ Jonathan Kirshner | Ep. 163
Episode 164
Part I of my two-part conversation with Jonathan Kirshner about his new book, An Unwritten Future: Realism, Uncertainty, and World Politics. Kirshner…
2 years, 5 months ago
Rethinking International Order: 15th Century Maritime Asia and Today w/ Manjeet Pardesi | Ep. 162
Episode 163
What's the difference between centered and de-centered international orders? How do small states navigate geopolitics without becoming pawns? What do…
2 years, 6 months ago
American Hegemony v. New Zealand's 'Independent' Foreign Policy | Ep. 161
Episode 162
What's wrong with liberal hegemony? What does it mean for New Zealand to have an "independent foreign policy?" Why did New Zealand's Prime Minister r…
2 years, 6 months ago