The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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 with securitizing the climate crisis. MAGA militarism and the problem of red-brown alliances. Why there is no economic equality without political equality. The Un-Diplomatic Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_42j11ZVmlF5jVbqdVcdogGlobal Peace Dividend Initiative: https://peace-dividend.orgTobita Chow and Ben Lorber on MAGA militarism: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/carlson-russia-nationalism-far-right/Matt Duss Tweet: https://twitter.com/mattduss/status/1511310386636771335Chloe Farad Tweet: https://twitter.com/ChloeFarand/status/1511307959292334084Ginny Hogan Tweet: https://twitter.com/ginnyhogan_/status/1511400718627975168Hope Hodgeseck Tweet: https://twitter.com/HopeSeck/status/1513555823699574796?t=V-G49W3oa8KZBa6zxtgK-g&s=19Alex Dobrenko Tweet: https://twitter.com/Dobrenkz/status/1513632588241334272?s=20&t=P4s0Pk7QqeCAYXt6R8YrGgContributors: Celia McDowall, Jake Dellow, Alex Auty, Hunter Marston

In this episode of the Un-Diplomatic Podcast, Dr. Van Jackson interviews Dr. Mark Beeson about his new book, Environmental Anarchy: Security in the 21st Century. They talk about doing international relations in an era of climate crisis, Asian security, the promise and perils of Marxist theory, the problem of neoliberalism, progressive alliances with realists, democracy on the back foot, and much more.Environmental Anarchy: Security in the 21st Century: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/environmental-anarchyOur conversation on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-TyJ6HJnU&t=2519s

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 West documentary teaches us about the bygone hustle culture. That time when The History Channel pitted game theory against Nostradamus, and brought in John Mearsheimer to attack Bruce Bueno De Mesquita. Why Republicans are lost on Russia-Putin.Rob Farley Tweet: https://twitter.com/drfarls/status/1508944926268133386Koryo Dynasty Tweet: https://twitter.com/koryodynasty/status/1508246571766677508?s=20&t=T5F5Gy8YZqv_UHE4rEkawQWoke Global Times Tweet: https://twitter.com/wokeglobaltimes/status/1505902135300481026?t=jonk7lIDIuGEGRvg_i4LSg&s=19Armchair Analysis Segment: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS8yeHpVaUh4dw/episode/YWQ5MzM2N2YtMjAwYS00OGQ4LTljYzYtNWU2NjQwM2YxZDgz?ep=14Contributors: Gaby Magnuson, Alex Auty, Hunter Marston, Ciara Mitchell

In the first ever reveal of his forthcoming book, Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace, Dr. Van Jackson attempts to untangle the politics, economics, security, and strategic statecraft in an Asia-Pacific region experiencing accelerated change. Jackson focused on how regional change can affect U.S. alliance partners such as South Korea while shedding some light on U.S. strategy-making in the Asia-Pacific region. The conversation was moderated by Asia Society Korea Senior Contributor Dr. Mason Richey. Asia Society on YouTube: http://AsiaSociety.org/YouTube Support Asia Society today: http://AsiaSociety.org/Donate Asia Society Korea Webpage: https://asiasociety.org/korea/meet-author-whither-asian-peace-future-politics-economics-and-security-asia-pacific

In our first ever roundtable edition of the podcast, Dr. Van Jackson was joined by Korea watchers Dr. John Delury (Yonsei University), Minseon Ku (Ohio State University), and Karl Friedhoff (Chicago Council on Global Affairs) to discuss the closest presidential election in South Korean history, in which conservative Yoon Seok-youl won by a razor-thin margin. The crew talks about the popular politics of anti-feminism in South Korea, the geopolitics of a conservative victory, and the myths that Beltway Korea watchers had built up about outgoing President Moon Jae-in.Articles mentioned during the episode: https://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2022/nwdesk/article/6348703_35744.htmlhttp://www.keaf.org/book/EAF_Policy_Debate_Making_Sense_of_the_Gender_Debate_in_South_Korea?ckattempt=1https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/south-korea/2022-02-08/south-korea-needs-stepContributors: Gaby Magnuson, Alex Auty

Thomas Piketty's answer for fighting China: Democratic socialism! Is grand strategy a theory of national success, or a story? How the national security community fetishized its own paranoia about gray zones and hybrid war. How corporations woke-wash capital. The John Mearsheimer controversy and what it means for realism. Pompeo's Taiwan grift. Favorite Marvel superhero movies.Jeffrey Meiser Tweet: https://twitter.com/jwmeiser/status/1497695031380955136?t=Kn1hvrM15UM3dSNsw0mhAQ&s=19Seva Gunitsky Tweet: https://twitter.com/SevaUT/status/1498025192697647110?t=973liSesC-AO8PEhfX4vBQ&s=19Tom Malinowski Tweet: https://twitter.com/Malinowski/status/1500958491250417667?t=IUstpiURlYt8C7kWowRtQg&s=19Chris Clary Tweet: https://twitter.com/clary_co/status/1501179350175170561Jeet Heer Tweet: https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1499850044396257284Adam Tooze in the New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2022/03/john-mearsheimer-and-the-dark-origins-of-realismContributors: Gaby Magnuson, Hunter Marston, Ciara Mitchell

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 president because America loves unqualified "cool bros." How Van has evolved on China rivalry stuff. Progressives debate Russia-Ukraine. South Korean nukes. The limits of Ben & Jerry's theory of peace. Jake Grumbach Tweet: https://twitter.com/JakeMGrumbach/status/1493277842062209025Graham Webster Tweet: https://twitter.com/gwbstr/status/1495458935565742084Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Tweet: https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/1489393235655106562Evan Laksmana Tweet: https://twitter.com/EvanLaksmana/status/1495191322738962432?s=20&t=M23YweHXACSR7Iiew3tN5gEric Gomez Tweet: https://twitter.com/EricGomezAsia/status/1490182380572839938?t=wr-Vv7hpPTTBaBahsqNF2w&s=19Terrell Jermaine Starr Piece on Progressive Russia-Ukraine Policy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/11/progressives-defend-ukraine/?utm_source=PostUp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Editors%20Picks%20OC&utm_term=39416&tpcc=Editors%20Picks%20OCContributors: Jake Dellow, Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell

With Van out, guest host James Palmer from Foreign Policy magazine joins the pod to talk about whether realists or liberals are more annoying, the debate over Russian invasion, escalation ladder messiness, and China watching. Contributors: Hunter Marston, Ciara Mitchell, Alex Auty

In this episode, Dr. Van Jackson sits down with James Palmer, Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy Magazine, award-winning travel writer, and best-selling author. They talk about James's life reporting in China and getting out just in time. His best-selling first book about the Russian pro-Nazi monarchist who briefly took over Mongolia. Anti-Americanism in South Korea. And advice writing and pitching the big magazines in foreign policy.

In this episode, Dr. Van Jackson sits down with John Feffer, co-director of the Foreign Policy in Focus project at the Institute for Policy Studies. They talk about John's new book, Right Across the World: The Global Networking of the Far-Right and the Left Response. They also talk about writing novels and plays as a foreign policy analyst, or doing foreign policy analysis as a playwright. Remembering the way arms control used to be a reactionary arguments against disarmament. Institute for Policy Studies: https://ips-dc.orgSplinterlands Trilogy of Novels: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1039-splinterlandsFoamers Novel: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/first-edition/Foamers-Berson-Jon-Scribner-New-York/231272502/bdRight Across the World Book: https://www.amazon.com/Right-Across-World-Networking-Far-Right/dp/0745341896

With Van out, guest host Dr. Emma Ashford from The Atlantic Council joins the pod to talk about the credibility problem with extended nuclear deterrence, the restrainer perspective on Russia versus Ukraine, Washington's paralysis on international trade, and the complications with measuring power between China and the US. Contributors: Hunter Marson, Ciara Mitchell, Jake Dellow

Where have all the peace intellectuals gone? How do you make enemies into friends? What's it like to be mixed-race in national security? Should we do away with economic sanctions entirely? Is it easier to shape the world than to shape China? What's Russia's freaking problem? Seva Gunitsky Tweet: https://twitter.com/SevaUT/status/1462766445121650696Ben Scott Tweet: https://twitter.com/Ben_G_Scott/status/1460444100008628224Mike McFaul Tweet: https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1462624691680514060?t=krF4h150FaPW08quGY0H4A&s=19Law Boy Esq. Tweet: https://twitter.com/The_Law_Boy/status/1462193648586698759?t=j3TbRRLJqxnM9UhEJqDXlA&s=19Lowy Institute Essays on Order in Asia: https://interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/indo-pacific-operating-system/#articlesContributors: Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell

In this Hustle edition of the show, Dr. Van Jackson sits down with Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Project at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, author of multiple books including the novel The 2020 Commission, co-host of the Arms Control Wonk podcast, and founder of the Arms Control Wonk blog. That's a lot of stuff.

With Van Jackson out, Dr. John Delury (Professor at Yonsei University) joined the crew as guest host. This episode talks about his America's imperial blindspot in the Pacific, what Kissinger can't teach Asia, why historians aren't in the prediction business, China rivalry, and the South Korean presidency. Contributors: Gaby Magnuson, Hunter Marston, Alex Auty

Rather than the normal show, this week's episode is a recording of Dr. Van Jackson's keynote lecture at Ritsumeikan University, addressing the concept of nuclear precarity and what it means for the risks of nuclear war in East Asia.

What does the American public think about China, internal v. external threats, and who benefits from US foreign policy? This week we were joined by Craig Kafura with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to discuss the results of their recent survey about all things foreign policy. Also this episode: the Philippines' Duterte problem as a structural issue; a review of a review of Rush Doshi's book on Chinese grand strategy; and North Korean hypersonic glide vehicles.Chicago Council Survey: http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/ccs2021_fpmc_0.pdfB-Minus IT Tweet: https://twitter.com/b_minus_lt/status/1444517854607409152?s=19Anand Giridharadas Tweet: https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1444260873661464579?s=20Christophe Deloire Tweet: https://twitter.com/chrisdeloire/status/1447524766542450693Contributors: Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell

In this special event, Dr. Van Jackson discussed AUKUS and Indo-Pacific strategy at the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA). He's joined by Bryce Wakefield (AIIA), Maria Rost-Rublee (University of Melbourne), Nick Bisley (Latrobe University), and Benjamin Zala (Australian National University).

With Van Jackson out on holiday, Sebastian Strangio (Southeast Asia editor at The Diplomat) joined the crew as guest host. This episode talks about his origins in journalism in Cambodia, Myanmar civil war, the problem with values and ideology in great-power competition with China, and his concerns with the risks of US authoritarianism. Sebastian's site: https://www.sebastianstrangio.comSebastian's Book: In The Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese CenturyContributors: Sebastian Strangio, Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell, Alex Auty

Why South Korea's Bernie Sanders is no Bernie when it comes to foreign policy. Why Australia's submarine decision is vulgar balancing (but not useless). Marxism versus liberalism. Why the pandemic proves the world sucks at collective action. Xi Jinping's common prosperity drive pits labor against oligarchy, but not the way you think. Lil Uzi Hurt Tweet: https://twitter.com/lostblackboy/status/1437779312174845959Kim Tongfi Tweet: https://twitter.com/tongfi_kim/status/1436407499998081025?s=19Adam Tooze piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/opinion/covid-pandemic-global-economy-politics.htmlContributors: Hunter Marston, Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell, Gaby Magnuson

Why defense grifters and jingoes love deterrence-by-denial strategies. Why Manny Pacquiao could beat Duterte, and why that might not be good for the Philippines. WTH is a classical liberal? Also this episode: Is China the new standard-setter in tech? Jacob Levy Tweet: https://twitter.com/jtlevy/status/1424458950838263813?s=21Kendra Schaefer Tweet: https://twitter.com/kendraschaefer/status/1431134542648074242?s=20Ryan Evans Tweet: https://twitter.com/EvansRyan202/status/1431627298512461824?s=19Simon Brown on the Rise of the Anti-Intellectual: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-rise-of-the-elite-anti-intellectualsContributors: Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell, Gaby Magnuson, Hunter Marston

In this special cross-over episode, Dr. Van Jackson speaks with Future Tense host and director of research for Diplomat Risk Intelligence, Abhijnan Rej. They talk about scenario-based planning, intelligence failures, the perils of net assessment, and why it all matters in the context of the botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Future Tense pod: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2jvmc-10bacc2?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_shareDiplomat Risk Intelligence: https://dri.thediplomat.com

What's going on with the Quincy Institute v. liberal internationalism debate? How neoliberalism gave us the far right. What's a master's in IR really worth? Can you have too many national security experts (yes)? How anti-hegemonist politics gives rise to campism within the left. Also this episode: China's empire-building in Tibet and Bhutan. Nathan Robinson Tweet: https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson/status/1418357218450214921Peter Dombrowski Tweet: https://twitter.com/PeterDombrowsk6/status/1419074040673804288Blake Herzinger Tweet: https://twitter.com/BDHerzinger/status/1422740269057798145?s=20Paul Musgrave on the master's in IR problem: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/29/international-relations-ir-masters-cost-pay/Contributors: Hunter Marston, Alex Auty, Ciara Mitchell, Jake Dellow

In this special crossover episode with the NK News podcast, Dr. Van Jackson has a wide-ranging discussion with its host, Jacco Zwetsloot. Van and Jacco talk about Van's writing process, how close we got to nuclear war in 2017, what the Biden administration is missing on North Korea, the East Asian peace, and his political evolution.

Why Chinese influence in New Zealand is an opportunity to pioneer an anti-CCP and antiracist policy. Why the Roosevelt Doctrine is really an attempt to save Woodrow Wilson. Writing about objects too big to write about. Republicans are using China to kill democracy. The problem with "punching left" on Cuba. Also this episode: What's wrong with international relations? Chris Clary Tweet: https://twitter.com/clary_co/status/1415084925481627655Robbie Shilliam Tweet: https://twitter.com/RobbieShilliam/status/1414554433585885184?s=19Law Boy Tweet: https://twitter.com/The_Law_Boy/status/1414377497802772480?s=19Charlie Warzel Substack: https://warzel.substack.com/p/we-are-not-readyContributors: Hunter Marston, Jake Dellow, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell

Guam's anti-militarist plight exposes Sino-US competition as clashing spheres of influence. How America did the Philippines dirty for a hundred years...and is still. The promise and perils and the Progressive International's strategy. Why boomers are hoarding real estate. And is academia for poor people? Evan Feigenbaum Tweet: https://twitter.com/EvanFeigenbaum/status/1403805400009486351Ken Klippenstein Tweet: https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1402342616772055046?s=19Emily Brier Tweet: https://twitter.com/Emily_Brier_/status/1401297172814041096?s=20Pete Stegemeyer Tweet: https://twitter.com/itspeterj/status/1326514788965486596Contributors: Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Alex Auty, Jake Dellow

Is it possible to push back on China's many forms of aggression without rivalry or racism? What Wu-Tang teaches us about solidarity and capitalist critique. Israel's occupying Palestine, so let's talk about terrorism. Why alliance reassurance rarely makes sense. Chris Clary Tweet: https://twitter.com/clary_co/status/1395448568983523328Seva Gunitsky Tweet: https://twitter.com/SevaUT/status/1393827799652261892Jamaal Bowman Tweet: https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1393705229842014209?s=20Peter Beinart Tweet: https://twitter.com/peterbeinart/status/1393788527008174080?s=21Ryan Hass in Noema Magazine: https://www.noemamag.com/playing-the-china-card/Sahar Kahn in Inkstick: https://inkstickmedia.com/the-quad-should-embrace-climate-action-as-its-core-mission/Mason Richey in East Asia Forum: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/12/the-right-angle-of-the-quadrilateral/Contributors: Jake Dellow, Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell

Why socialists aren't "very liberal." The far right's war on critical race theory is a bigger deal than you think. Why everyone loves to throw shade at New Zealand. The histrionics of the Taiwan debate. The truth about Van's interview on the Quincy Institute. North Korea policy is going nowhere. Ken Schultz Tweet: https://twitter.com/KSchultz3580/status/1387963382452477954David Roberts Tweet: https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1386766470831493120?s=19John Carl Baker Tweet: https://twitter.com/johncarlbaker/status/1387113498933596162Richard McGregor Tweet: https://twitter.com/mcgregorrichard/status/1384981240810328064?s=19Contributors: Gaby Magnuson, Hunter Marston, Ciara Mitchell, Alex Auty

Why the Biden administration is performing its rivalry with China. What the Afghanistan withdrawal decision says about global punditry. Why UFOs might not be as sexy as Van hopes they are. Theories for avoiding war. Winners may write history, but that doesn't make it right. Creating a talent pool for progressive technocrats. How to think about the UK/EU jumping into the China-competition game. Also this episode: Why "Foreign policy for the middle class" is the right goal with the wrong implementation. Kelsey Atherton Tweet: https://twitter.com/AthertonKD/status/1382858221329608706?s=20John Lee Tweet: https://twitter.com/koreanforeigner/status/1382360593374449673?s=19Rita Konaev Tweet: https://twitter.com/RitaKonaev/status/1382305484233916426?s=19Andrew Carr Tweet: https://twitter.com/AOCarr/status/1381744190682361857Contributors: Gaby Magnuson, Alex Auty, Jake Dellow, Hunter Marston

P. Diddy is an oligarch who was bad for hip-hop...and now he's exploiting BLM. How Washington pundits became Xi Jinping's hype man. Why FONOPs are a silly way to send a message. Favorite feminist movies. Also this episode: Why is there no DMZ in international relations? Tanvi Madan Tweet: https://twitter.com/tanvi_madan/status/1380552263589113858?s=19Ben Young Tweet: https://twitter.com/DubstepInDPRK/status/1380965755743694849?s=19Daniel Denvir Tweet: https://twitter.com/DanielDenvir/status/1381318974969946117James Millward Tweet: https://twitter.com/JimMillward/status/1381071869760188420Richard Bush, Bonnie Glaser, and Ryan Hass on Taiwan: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/08/984524521/opinion-dont-help-china-by-hyping-risk-of-war-over-taiwan

The Global North owes the Global South progressive economic policies, not aid. The essential (?) fascism of security clearances. Why it's wrong to make international-relations paradigms into ideologies. The tragic history and propagandizing about the third offset strategy--or, the origins of American militarism today. The China Cold War question.Jason Hickel Tweet: https://twitter.com/jasonhickel/status/1377545871223586817?s=19Gerald Brown Tweet: https://twitter.com/GeraldC_Brown/status/1378542935038394377?s=19Graham Webster Tweet: https://twitter.com/gwbstr/status/1376975047605153793Contributors: Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell, Jake Dellow

If an "Indo-Pacific strategy" can't cope with the Syria risk in Myanmar, then what good is it? Why the history of Cold War liberalism tells us not to pin domestic renewal on the China threat. Why Chinese air incursions against Taiwan DO NOT signal invasion. What's going on in Asian studies at Georgetown. Japan's role in a Taiwan conflict. The lost history of the WTO anti-globalization protests.Matt Duss Tweet: https://twitter.com/mattduss/status/1375934723701243908?s=20Blake Herzinger Tweet: https://twitter.com/BDHerzinger/status/1373478997267410951?s=19Seva Gunitsky Tweet: https://twitter.com/SevaUT/status/1374455266008207366John Delury Tweet: https://twitter.com/JohnDelury/status/1375998841548238851Michael Brenes and Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins in Dissent: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/legacies-of-cold-war-liberalism?utm_source=Disse[…]m_medium=email&utm_term=0_a1e9be80de-1ddb8e704d-102061977Contributors: Alex Auty, Gaby Magnuson, Pete McKenzie, Jake Dellow

Which QAnon congresswoman thinks Guam is a foreign country? Why Asia is not the Indo-Pacific. Think tank infighting. Wasting time before writing. Rachel Rizzo: https://mobile.twitter.com/RachelRizzo/status/1370776048183435264Spencer Ackerman: https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/1371127805296189446?s=19JD Vance: https://mobile.twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1370873282824667136Laicie Heeley: https://mobile.twitter.com/laicie/status/1370075526262632462Van Jackson on America's Indo-Pacific Folly: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/2021-03-12/americas-indo-pacific-follyContributors: Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell

Why American strategic culture is so obsessed with "capable dildos." Why native Hawaiians don't want federal recognition to whitewash an illegal land grab. What it means to declare oneself a "China hawk" and why it matters. Why North Korean defectors want to go back to North Korea. Also this episode: Is the US-China rivalry an ideological conflict?Branco Milanovic Tweet: https://twitter.com/BrankoMilan/status/1368219420645093379Vipin Narang Tweet: https://twitter.com/NarangVipin/status/1367656750032302081?s=20Happymon Jacob Tweet: https://twitter.com/HappymonJacob/status/1367091311338135556?s=19Daily NK Story: https://www.dailynk.com/english/not-all-defectors-want-the-same-thing/Contributors: Jake Dellow, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell, and Pete McKenzie

What happens when think tankers become tankies. Alliance domino theory nonsense--why Taiwan is not like the others. Why Japan's the real leader of Asia's liberal order. The US doesn't need Saudi Arabia. James Palmer Tweet: https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/1365381504629669891Mike McFaul Tweet: https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1365424739196362752?s=19Michael Kofman Tweet: https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1364021794513047552?s=19Cheng Che on Japan's Liberal Foreign Policy Realism: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-02-24/japan-new-leader-asias-liberal-orderContributors: Alex Auty, Jake Dellow, Gaby Magnuson, Pete McKenzie

Why Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "white moderate" threat dominates Washington today. The dilemma of militarist thinking about strategy. New Zealand's beef with Australia. Southeast Asia wants a more progressive US foreign policy. Foreign policy's career ceiling problem.Caroline Baxter Tweet: https://twitter.com/CarolineCBaxter/status/1362163234426544128?s=19John Lee Tweet: https://twitter.com/koreanforeigner/status/1360752886322327553?s=19Zachary Keck Tweet: https://twitter.com/zacharykeck/status/1362087538408771585?s=11Evan Montgomery on defense strategy: https://warontherocks.com/2021/02/defense-strategy-and-the-empire-state-of-mind-how-preparing-for-the-best-can-leave-washington-vulnerable-to-the-rest/Contributors: Ciara Mitchell, Gaby Magnuson, Pete McKenzie, Jake Dellow

A rope-a-dope strategy for China. How a liberal plays the anti-China card (for better or worse). The truth about Asia's Democracy divide. Why Micronesia gave up on the Pacific Islands Forum. Also this episode: What would it be like if Netflix's Emily in Paris took place in Washington, D.C.? Alex McCoy Tweet: https://twitter.com/AlexanderMcCoy4/status/1358206091964915714?s=19Michael Mazza Tweet: https://twitter.com/mike_mazza/status/1357335849004916743?s=19Rachel Rizzo Tweet: https://twitter.com/RachelRizzo/status/1357714976597831680James Crabtree on Asia's Democracy Divide: https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Myanmar-coup-reveals-Asia-s-new-democratic-divideContributors: Alex Auty, Ciara Mitchell, Gaby Magnuson

The debate about South Korean illiberalism that nobody wants you to hear. Why bro culture incubates fascism. The coup in Myanmar is NBD compared to genocide. QAnon is no friend of the left. And why hustling is nonpartisan.Emma Ashford, Kate Kizer, and TX Hammes debating Grand Strategy: https://inkstickmedia.com/after-the-apocalypse-us-grand-strategy/Dan Nexon Tweet: https://twitter.com/dhnexon/status/1356334701733150721Tom Pepinsky Tweet: https://twitter.com/TomPepinsky/status/1356242023586660353?s=19Hunter Marston Tweet: https://twitter.com/hmarston4/status/1356343684032200704?s=19Contributors: Ciara Mitchell, Gaby Magnuson, Pete McKenzie, Jake Dellow

Why the threat of our time is the global far right, and what it has in common with the protestant reformation. What's wrong and right about the Indo-Pacific and the Quad. Dark money in think tanks. Kim Jong Un's authoritarian savvy. The real meaning of the Third World--or, is Marco Rubio a white supremacist? Also this episode: Why Trump has changed how we teach international relations.Sensible Human 96 Tweet: https://twitter.com/sensiblehuman96/status/1351296226235453442?s=11Patrick Iber Tweet: https://twitter.com/patrickiber/status/1351921439759339523?s=11Paul Poast Tweet on Teaching IR: https://mobile.twitter.com/ProfPaulPoast/status/1352970521110048769Aaron Connelly Tweet: https://twitter.com/ConnellyAL/status/1351750108895821828?s=20Kishore Mahbubani on the Quad and the real game in Asia: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/01/27/anti-china-alliance-quad-australia-india-japan-u[…]dium=email&utm_campaign=29615&utm_term=Editors%20Picks%20OC&Van Jackson on bro culture and the Capitol insurrection: https://inkstickmedia.com/the-liberal-internationalist-origins-of-right-wing-insurrection/Contributors: Gaby Magnuson, Jake Dellow, Pete McKenzie, and Ciara Mitchell

Futures studies versus moneyball--the problem with prediction. A supply-side theory of Obama's drone strike addiction. Telling lies about a Galactic Federation with aliens. Should Japan join the Five-Eyes intelligence-sharing partnership? How to get out of Afghanistan. Why the Indo-Pacific is too big for a single strategy. Also this episode: The movies that made Van Jackson and the team. Jeffrey Lewis's Tweet: https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/1334533169547075584?s=19Annette Joseph: https://twitter.com/AnnetteJosephG/status/1336321130303467520?s=19Ankit Panda's Tweet: https://twitter.com/nktpnd/status/1336774686152286210James Palmer's Tweet: https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/1336722893829443585Contributors: Pete McKenzie, Gaby Magnuson, Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell

Does President Biden need an Asia Tsar? Why McDonalds peace theory is over. The truth about liberal international relations theory. Israel's grass-mowing theory of deterrence. The difference between Taiwan and China. Also this episode: What does Denzel Washington's Training Day have to do with Asian security?Paul MacDonald Tweet: https://twitter.com/pkmacdonald/status/1333778364151238657Sarah Cooper Tweet: https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1333639291902300161Caitlin Talmadge Tweet: https://twitter.com/ProfTalmadge/status/1333818338355527680?s=19Aram Hur Tweet: https://twitter.com/aramhur/status/1333820575513530373?s=19Paul Musgrave on McDonalds Peace Theory: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/11/26/mcdonalds-peace-nagornokarabakh-friedman/Contributors: Pete McKenzie, Ciara Mitchell, Gaby Magnuson, Jake Dellow

Why is the State Department's Office of Policy Planning so obsessed with George Kennan...and China's ideology? The untold story of how America lost economic primacy in Asia, and why nobody talks about it now. What is IR theory good for? Why cancelling student debt matters. The non-interview at Australian National University. Also this episode: what should we think about the Free Chosun movement against North Korea? Alexander Lanoszka Tweet: https://twitter.com/ALanoszka/status/1328431684811968513?s=20John Lee Tweet: https://twitter.com/koreanforeigner/status/1328366779463200772?s=19Evan Feigenbaum Tweet: https://twitter.com/EvanFeigenbaum/status/1328063583058530307Suki Kim on the Free Chosun Movement: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/23/the-underground-movement-trying-to-topple-the-north-korean-regimeContributors: Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell, Gaby Magnuson

Australians are getting economically coerced by China but not everyone knows why. Militarism is bad, but militarists who've never been in a fight are the worst. What North Korea has in store for Biden in 2021. A hypersonic missile arms race is coming to Asia, but is anyone paying attention? And if Trump were throw a coup, how would we know in advance? Also this episode: Van recommends some reading for budding IR scholars.John Culver Tweet: https://twitter.com/JohnCulver689/status/1326323417436581890?s=19James Palmer Tweet: https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/1325700686957391872?s=19Paul Musgrave Tweet: https://twitter.com/profmusgrave/status/1325555760944787457?s=19Contributors: Gaby Magnuson, Pete McKenzie, Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell

What it's like to interview at Stanford University (!). What Veep's Jonah Ryan can teach aspiring Washington technocrats. On Trumpian fascism. Why elite think tanks are ripe for corruption. And what Larry David's "spite store" idea has to do with Trump's lame-duck foreign policy. Also this episode: What are international-relations theories good for?Dan Nexon Tweet: https://twitter.com/dhnexon/status/1322939398044950530Timothy Simon Tweet: https://twitter.com/timothycsimons/status/1323512882055663616Max Berger Tweet: https://twitter.com/maxberger/status/1324134130997731328?s=20Xiaoyu Pu: https://twitter.com/pu_xiaoyu/status/1322015679755689986?s=19Aila Matanock and Paul Staniland on Militias in America: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-10-29/militarization-us-politics?amp&__twitter_impression=trueContributors: Jake Dellow, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell

What makes Elon Musk a wannabe totalitarian? A new book on space expansionism paints a dark picture. Why Taiwan is the O.G. China. How to fit Milton Friedman and LL Cool J in the same sentence. Stanford University's Hoover Institution controversy. And resisting China's civil war narrative. Paul Musgrave Tweet: https://twitter.com/profmusgrave/status/1321163306296659968Paul Musgrave Tweet:https://twitter.com/profmusgrave/status/1321113451540979714?s=19Ruben Gallego Tweet: https://twitter.com/RubenGallego/status/1320750911040360449James Palmer Tweet: https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/1320605353365614592?s=19Contributors: Alex Auty, Jake Dellow, Gaby Magnuson

What's 50 Cent's beef with Franz Fanon? And what makes Ice Cube different than 50 Cent? What to make of China's escalation of wolf-warrior diplomacy. The progressive debate about American foreign policy--opposing US power or US militarism? Also this episode--questioning Taiwan's future and how American hegemony ends. Alex Cooley and Dan Nexon Tweet: https://twitter.com/CooleyOnEurasia/status/1319027614305181699Rabbi Jill Jacobs Tweet: https://twitter.com/rabbijilljacobs/status/1319024272174624768?s=20Stephen Wertheim on military supremacy: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/opinion/america-global-power.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=HomepageContributors: Jake Dellow, Gaby Magnuson, Pete McKenzie, Ciara Mitchell

How Washington punishes those who support peace. What real diversity in foreign policy looks like. Why rivalries make people stupid, especially great-power ones. Why Vietnam is probably not Asia's next economic "miracle." And who needs a literary agent? Depends what you're trying to publish, and where. Hunter Marston Tweet: https://twitter.com/hmarston4/status/1316198014747197440?s=19Kirk Serpes Tweet: https://twitter.com/KirkSerpes/status/1315942319825121281?s=19Stephen Walt Tweet: https://twitter.com/stephenWalt/status/1316540827074785281?s=20Patrick Iber: https://twitter.com/PatrickIber/status/1315762866675474439Contributors: Alex Auty, Pete McKenzie, Gaby Magnuson, Jake Dellow

Why does Judd Apatow have a better grasp on the China problem than Washington does? How should we understand the Indo-Pacific Quad, and what's a "speech-act institution?" Does Turkey have an imperial foreign policy? And why is nobody paying attention to India's sphere of influence? Also this episode: What principles should guide East Asia policy? The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft takes a decent crack at answering. Dan Nexon Tweet: https://twitter.com/dhnexon/status/1312922875574341633Robert Kelly Tweet: https://twitter.com/robert_e_kelly/status/1313085718864904192?s=21Zack Beauchamp Tweet: https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/1314009093250654208Josh Lederman Tweet: https://twitter.com/JoshNBCNews/status/1313259283560177671?s=19Edward Alden on Biden and Trade Wars: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/02/biden-trump-trade-wars-election-2020/Contributors: Pete McKenzie, Jake Dellow, Gaby Magnuson

The Black Panther Party's intersection with North Korea is fascinating and surprising. Van sits down with Dr. Benjamin Young to talk about North Korea's relationship to radical leftist movements, the Black Panther Party, the travails of trying to work in academia, and Ben's upcoming book--Guns, Guerrillas, and the Great Leader.

Black self defense is essential to minimize state violence. Good strategy isn't infinite. The war-game might be rigged, but it can still be fun. Is the China-US relationship a security dilemma, or nah? Klaus Schwab says neoliberalism is dead, but the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist. Also this episode: Why is everything breaking and nothing working except for military procurement and missile development? Corruption!Astra Taylor Tweet: https://mobile.twitter.com/astradisastra/status/1307430291754160128Kelsey Atherton Tweet: https://mobile.twitter.com/AthertonKD/status/1308423891631722499Yuna Wong Tweet: https://twitter.com/YunaHuhWong/status/1308449074778198017?s=19Matt Duss Tweet:https://mobile.twitter.com/mattduss/status/1308470852619558912Rob Cameron on Black self-defense: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/24/case-black-american-self-defense-protests/Tyson Brown on Strategy: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/22/united-states-need-new-strategic-mindset-infinite-perspective/Contributors: Pete McKenzie, Gaby Magnuson, Jake Dellow, and Ciara Mitchell

Don't believe the hawks--Biden has no credibility problem in Asia. India shows China how democracies do trolling better. The convergences and divergences of Marxist and progressive foreign policy. The East Asian mind and the Western mind--wut? Also this episode: Why activists and strategists need to work together toward nuclear disarmament. India Today Tweet: https://twitter.com/IndiaToday/status/1305495069693079553Nicholas Miller Tweet: https://twitter.com/Nick_L_Miller/status/1305280247034785796?s=20Andreas Fulda Tweet: https://twitter.com/AMFChina/status/1305414754392047618?s=19John Lee Tweet: https://twitter.com/koreanforeigner/status/1305328880698286080Inkstick Media Piece on Nukes: https://inkstickmedia.com/there-is-nothing-magical-about-nuclear-weapons/Contributors: Pete McKenzie, Gaby Magnuson, Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell