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What's Good Strategy? Interview w/ Dr. Jeff Meiser | Ep. 120
Episode 121
What's the difference between good strategy and bad strategy? Why is understanding strategy as a theory of success so powerful? What is a framework f…
3 years, 7 months ago
Unrestrained Right and Democrats as the War Party, Military Keynesianism, Putin's Prospect Theory, Dictatorship in the Philippines | Ep. 119
Episode 120
The deep dive on the Philippines presidential election and what it means that they elected Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. Have Democrats become the party of w…
3 years, 7 months ago
When Realists Meet the Left, Peace Is Non-Partisan, Oligarchs Take All, Kamala Harris's Space Boogie | Ep. 118
Episode 119
The realists versus leftists thing, again. Re-imagining international cooperation. Why peace and anti-militarism should be non-partisan. Oligarchs li…
3 years, 8 months ago
Red-Brown Alliances Suck, Singapore's Post-American Asia, War as the Enemy of Progress, Military-Climate Change Tradeoff | Ep. 117
Episode 118
What Singapore's Prime Minister has to say about post-primacy Asia. The global peace dividend initiative. War as the enemy of progress. The problem w…
3 years, 8 months ago
Environmental Anarchy w/ the Kurt Vonnegut of International Relations: Interview w/ Dr. Mark Beeson | Ep. 116
Episode 117
In this episode of the Un-Diplomatic Podcast, Dr. Van Jackson interviews Dr. Mark Beeson about his new book, Environmental Anarchy: Security in the 2…
3 years, 9 months ago
Security Studies in the Utopian '90s, Game Theory v. Nostradamus, Kanye West and the Hustle Culture, Coherent Anti-Imperialism | Ep. 115
Episode 116
What security studies was like in the utopian '90s. The West's sphere-of-influence reaction to the China-Solomon Islands agreement. What the Kanye …
3 years, 9 months ago
Neoliberal Strategy Kills Asian Security: Big Reveal on the Pacific Power Paradox Book with Asia Society Korea Branch | Ep. 114
Episode 115
In the first ever reveal of his forthcoming book, Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace, Dr. Van Jackson attempt…
3 years, 9 months ago
Special Roundtable Event: The Closest Presidential Election in South Korean History | Ep. 113
Episode 114
In our first ever roundtable edition of the podcast, Dr. Van Jackson was joined by Korea watchers Dr. John Delury (Yonsei University), Minseon Ku (Oh…
3 years, 9 months ago
Oligarchy is Global, Piketty's Socialism vs. China, Mearsheimer's Realism Controversy, OG Wars and Deterrence Success | Ep. 112
Episode 113
Thomas Piketty's answer for fighting China: Democratic socialism! Is grand strategy a theory of national success, or a story? How the national securi…
3 years, 10 months ago
Ice Cream Peace Theory, Red-Baiting Down Under, No Lames for President, South Korean Nukes, Russia-Ukraine | Ep. 111
Episode 112
The Australian right's red-baiting flop on China. New Zealand's trucker protests have morphed into a mob. Dwayne Johnson could actually be the next…
3 years, 10 months ago