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The Lonely Diplomat

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Ep. 61 - You're not alone 9:16

7d ago9:16

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I don’t know about your loneliness, but when I feel lonely, I often feel as if I’m the only person in the world who’s thinking these horrible thoughts and feeling these feelings. Of course, that’s crap.But do you experience these kinds of thoughts and feelings, too? Join me now for Episode 61 of The Lonely Diplomat podcast and let’s talk about lone…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Unmaking Asian Exceptionalism, w/ Gaiutra Bahadur | Ep. 158 54:30

14h ago54:30

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What does it mean to write with not just logos but pathos? How has racial violence in America shaped the identity of Asian-Americans? Why is the "model minority" myth so problematic? And what possibilities emerge from recognizing that people of different nationalities share a common repression? Van speaks with Gaiutra Bahadur about her experience g…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Kissinger's Cambodia Killings, w/ Nick Turse | Ep. 157 37:01

8d ago37:01

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The award-winning, New York Times best-selling author, Nick Turse, has done some deep investigations at the intersection of Southeast Asia; the intellectual bankruptcy of US geopoliticking; and Henry Kissinger’s direct role in the slaughter of 150,000 civilians in Cambodia. A wild story and some great journalism. Van Jackson sat down with Nick to t…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Is Fukuyama Liberalism the 'End of History?' w/ Daniel Bessner | Ep. 156 37:05

13d ago37:05

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What makes neoconservatives different from Cold War liberals? Why did Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History and the Last Man" lament the end of the Cold War? What's classical liberalism? And how do liberals like Fukuyama size up our current historical moment? Dr. Daniel Bessner joins the pod for all that and more. Bessner on Fukuyama: https://www.…

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The Lonely Diplomat

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Ep. 60 - Why loneliness? Why me? 9:41

21d ago9:41

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Welcome to a new format for The Lonely Diplomat podcast: quick connection boosts of 10 minutes or less. In this first short episode we’re going to talk about my answer to a common question I receive: Why loneliness? Why me?Join me now for Episode 60 of The Lonely Diplomat podcast and let’s talk about loneliness in diplomacy. Website: https://www.th…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Narrating the Pacific in Indo-Pacific, w/ Sandra Tarte | Ep. 155 36:51

22d ago36:51

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How does the narrative of a Blue Pacific complicate strategic narratives about the "Indo-Pacific?" How do the nations of the Pacific Islands region think about security? What role does the Pacific Islands Forum play in regional security? Why do most Pacific states try so hard to avoid "choosing" between the United States and China? And what would P…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Democracy Over Authoritarianism w/ Charles Dunst | Ep. 154 1:03:40

26d ago1:03:40

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From a freelance journalist in Southeast Asia to becoming a “foreign policy person,” and how to publish your first book. Can authoritarian countries practice meritocracy? How can we make sense of good governance and public trust in authoritarian governments like Vietnam when support for western democracies seems to be at an all-time low? How China’…

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The Lonely Diplomat

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Ep. 59 - Getting to know us - with Jeff Bartlett 1:29:35

1M ago1:29:35

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Come and join me and my beautiful partner Jeff for a chat about him, me and us.Jeff and I recorded some magic in this episode. The conversation went in a direction that I hadn’t really intended it. But as is so often the case when conversations are real, open and honest, it went where it needed to go: we spoke on how loneliness has shown up in our …

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Solving the Security Puzzle with Security in Context | Ep. 153 17:36

1M ago17:36

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Why is it that we're spending more money and resources than ever on this thing we call “national security,” and yet not only does the world feel perpetually insecure; it feels like insecurity is getting worse for most of us? That's what the new organization Security in Context sets out to address. Van Jackson is part of bridging the gap between pol…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Part II: On a Third Nuclear Age and Multipolar Order w/ Benjamin Zala | Ep. 152 59:11

1M ago59:11

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What is multipolarity? Is the unipolar moment totally over? What is a great power?How do nukes fit into these questions? And how do the left, the right, and the restrainers metabolise these questions? Dr. Benjamin Zala and Dr. Van Jackson talk about all this and more in Part II of their conversation. Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https…

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The Freewheeling Diplomat

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El Salvador President Bukele's War on Gangs 40:00

2M ago40:00

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President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has declared an unprecedented and controversial war on the country's gangs. Under a "State of Exception" in effect since March 2022, over 60,000 suspected gang members have been arrested. Some human rights groups warn that the round up is coming at the expense of proper due process. Bukele's supporters note a d…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Part I: On a Third Nuclear Age and Multipolar Order w/ Benjamin Zala | Ep. 151 57:40

2M ago57:40

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What is the nuclear revolution and why can't we agree on it? What is the Third Nuclear Age, why is it problematic as a concept, and what special dangers or opportunities might it hold? How important is multipolarity, and what counts as a pole? What counts as "emerging technologies" and how do they affect the risks of nuclear war? Is arms control po…

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The New Diplomatist

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Dominoes: The Global Implications of China's Domestic Politics 40:41

2M ago40:41

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In this episode Garrison speaks with Rory Truex of Princeton about China's domestic politics, the political nature of Xi Jinping, the domestic perceptions of the CCP, the threat of a Taiwan invasion, and the appropriate response from U.S. policy makers in this new Great Power era. Rory Truex is an Assistant Professor in Princeton's Department of Po…

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The Lonely Diplomat

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Ep. 58 - Your life audit 25:08

2M ago25:08

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Are you inadvertently feeding connection and starving loneliness? Let's check. It’s time to sharpen your pencil and set aside a few moments to do a couple of audits that will really help you feel better connected to yourself, to those most important to you and to your communities. I know that the word ‘audit’ can make even the most stoney-faced dip…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Michael Kazin! The Democratic Party, Leftism, and Global Policy | Ep. 150 1:01:59

2M ago1:01:59

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The legendary New Leftist and historian Michael Kazin joins the pod to talk about his recent essay in Dissent, "Reject the Left-Right Alliance in Ukraine." We also talk he ended up on the New Left, socialism in the Democratic Party, why he supported Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, the politics of being anti-war, the role of World War I in left…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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AUKUS, Arms-Racing, and the Dollar Supremacy Debate | Ep. 149 58:05

2M ago58:05

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What Fareed Zakaria doesn't get about the dollar supremacy debate. Why American exceptionalists can't see Asian arms-racing clearly. Why AUKUS is controversial, in Australia, New Zealand, and across Asia. A Rorschach test on the corrosive US-Saudi Arabia relationship. And what the battle against LGBTQ persecution in Uganda says about all of us. Far…

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The Freewheeling Diplomat

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Russia's Information Warfare: Ukraine Holding Its Own 52:39

3M ago52:39

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How is Russia's information war against Ukraine going? What are the main propaganda and disinformation narratives Russia is pushing -- and are they working? What is happening in cyber space? We explore these and other topics with Gavin Wilde, Senior Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs program at the Carnegie Endowment for Internation…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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How Black Americans View Ukraine, Taiwan, and America's Global Role, w/ Chris Shell | Ep. 148 52:07

3M ago52:07

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How do African Americans view America's role in the world? What does it mean when Black Americans say the US should "keep out" of foreign interventions? What explains Black Republican hawkishness? What is the Suge Knight theory of national inclusion? Does Kanye West have anything to do with Democrats losing Black voters, or it Democratic Party hawk…

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The Lonely Diplomat

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Ep. 57 - Managing your overwhelm 36:58

3M ago36:58

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I’ve been feeling overwhelmed lately. I thought that I was hiding it well. I wasn’t. It took a kind and honest conversation to help me understand the impact the constant state of overwhelm has on me and those most important to me. We need to have a kind and honest conversation about how we – as a global diplomatic community – are almost always in a…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Movie Night: Bulworth, w/ Colette Shade and Matt Duss | Ep. 147 1:05:09

3M ago1:05:09

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For the pod's first movie night, Van, Colette Shade, and Matt Duss discuss the 1998 cult political comedy, Bulworth. Did Bulworth presage Bernie Sanders? Where are the Bulworth Democrats today? How did the War on Terror set back the progressive movement 20 years? Why do reactionaries sometimes find hip-hop attractive? What does it say that politici…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Fearing Atlantic Revolution and the Geopolitical Literacy of Slaves, w/ Samantha Payne | Ep. 146 34:14

3M ago34:14

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We're trying to do more to spotlight interesting journal article-based academic research in a non-boring way. So today Van sits down with Dr. Samantha Leigh Payne to talk about her new history on fears of an Atlantic revolution in the Reconstruction Era. How did the US civil war alter global power politics? What role did the US civil war play in th…

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The Freewheeling Diplomat

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Russia's War One Year On: Poland and (Most of) Central Europe Rise to the Challenge 40:04

3M ago40:04

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We review what Russia's war on Ukraine has meant for Central Europe with Matt Boyse, who served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State responsible for coordinating policy toward Central Europe from 2018-2021. Poland has emerged as a clear leader in the wake of the invasion, but we examine how the rest of the region, with the exception of Hunga…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Raging Against the Foreign Policy Conversation | Ep. 145 1:03:57

3M ago1:03:57

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Kate and Hunter are back with Van. What's up with the "Rage Against the War Machine" protests? Is it really antiwar? Working class versus middle class--what's the diff? Cambodia versus economic statecraft. Biden's parochial progressivism. Congressional competency on foreign policy. And the nonsensical, unaccountable, dictator-loving Biden doctrine …

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Pacific Power Paradox Book Launch Talk at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy | Ep. 144 55:15

4M ago55:15

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Van does battle with voices ranging from John Mearsheimer and Robert Kagan to Joseph Nye and Hillary Clinton in this book launch at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy for his book, Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace. Must listen! Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoVm4MrK4aU&t=412s Buy Pacifi…

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The Lonely Diplomat

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Ep. 56 - Our kids are not OK - with Tanya Crossman 1:25:54

4M ago1:25:54

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To the humans of international diplomacy: Our kids are not OK. They’re reporting high levels of emotional abuse, emotional neglect, physical abuse and sexual abuse. We need to have a kind and honest conversation about how we – as a global diplomatic community – show up in support of our littlest and junior diplomats so they have the upbringing we a…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Realism's Imperial Origins Part II, w/ Dr. Matthew Specter | Ep. 143 34:54

4M ago34:54

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Part II of Van's interview with Dr. Matthew Specter, discussing his new book, The Atlantic Realists. Was Hans Morgenthau a Leftist? Is great-power competition just offensive realism? Is realism a resource for progressives or cosmopolitans? Tun in to find out! Buy the Book: https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=28906 Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://…

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The Freewheeling Diplomat

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How Trump Enabled Nordstream 2 23:19

4M ago23:19

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The Nordstream 2 natural gas pipeline -- Putin's project to make Germany energy dependent on Russia, divide the Euro-Atlantic Community, bypass Ukraine, and make Europe subject to energy blackmail -- went from zero percent completed to 95 percent completed during the Trump Administration. This took place despite bipartisan legislation from Congress…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Realism's Imperial Origins Part I, w/ Dr. Matthew Specter | Ep. 142 45:51

4M ago45:51

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Van's interview with Dr. Matthew Specter discusses his new book, The Atlantic Realists. They get into the diverse understandings of the realist tradition, trace its roots to imperial competition in the 19th century, the bizzare intellectual inspirations the Nazis found in US history, whether realism is useful for progressives and the left, and some…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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An Oral History of the Pivot to Asia, and Confronting the National Security State | Ep. 141 1:03:34

4M ago1:03:34

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What is the real nature of the "China problem?" How did Sino-US detente and collaboration become great-power competition and rivalry? What did Obama's pivot to Asia have to do with all of it? And why did Van end up a critic of the national security state? In this special cross-over episode with the Realignment Podcast, Van goes into all that and mo…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Empathy, Strategy, and Statecraft, w/ Claire Yorke | Ep. 140 41:32

5M ago41:32

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What is empathy, and why is it important in making strategy? Why is "strategic empathy" so problematic? Can empathy be institutionalized? How did neoliberals steer empathy wrong? Dr. Claire Yorke sits down with Van to chat about all that and more. Claire Yorke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireYorke Claire's review essay on empathy and strategy…

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The Lonely Diplomat

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Ep. 55 - Supporting diplomatic mums - with Karina Lagarrigue 1:15:33

5M ago1:15:33

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Come and join me and Karina Lagarrigue for a conversation about how we can best support diplomatic mums. Karina is a Barcelona-based psychologist specializing in expat couples therapy and sex therapy. She’s also a PhD candidate in sensory processing sensitivity for expatriated mums. You must join us if you are a parent and want to help improve the …

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Getting Southeast Asia Right, with Elina Noor, Sebastian Strangio, and Evan Laksmana | Ep. 139 1:03:56

5M ago1:03:56

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Does Southeast Asia matter? How does SE Asia view and respond to great power competition, Russia’s war in Ukraine, and tensions in the Taiwan Strait? And how can the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) work to solve the crisis in Myanmar in 2023 under Indonesia’s chairmanship? With regular co-host Hunter Marston to discuss these issues a…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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A Better Biden Doctrine, w/ Matt Duss and Stephen Wertheim | Ep. 138 1:02:45

5M ago1:02:45

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How's Biden doing on foreign policy? Where is the "Biden doctrine" going wrong? Matt Duss and Stephen Wertheim--leading voices in progressive foreign policy--come on the pod to hit all the issues with Van and Kate--Ukraine-Russia, a disastrous defense strategy, Iran, Saudi-Yemen war, China, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism, and more. Matt and Step…

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The Diplomat

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Berkeley Law - Antisemitism and Anti-israel & Free Speech? 38:40

5M ago38:40

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Understanding antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment on university campuses with guests Gabriel Groisman and Arsen Ostrovsky. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Part II: Star Wars as Anti-Imperialism? The Politics of George Lucas, w/ Daniel Immerwahr | Ep. 137 28:50

5M ago28:50

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In Part II of Van's sit-down w/ Professor Daniel Immerwahr (author of How to Hide an Empire), they talk about Daniel's recent chapter about the politics and ideology of George Lucas's Star Wars. Was the Galactic Republic really an empire the entire time? What made Star Wars a Vietnam movie? What's the deal with the Ewok? And what's wrong with Lucas…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Part I: Geopolitics is a Racket, w/ Daniel Immerwahr | Ep. 136 40:37

5M ago40:37

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Why do geopoliticians blow off climate change and environmental degradation? Is geography really an insurmountable force? What do "geopolitical risk consultants" really do? And what should we make of the fact that geopolitics has its origins in imperialism? What did Nazis, in particular, see appealing in geopolitics? Van sits down w/ Professor Dani…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Red-Baiting, the CIA's War in China, and Repression Politics: Interview w/ John Delury | Ep. 135 1:22:40

6M ago1:22:40

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What does war and violence abroad do to politics at home? Why were early Cold War intellectuals obsessed with who "lost China?" And what did the realists of the 1940s and 1950s believe about not just the limits of American power but how US hegemony might be the road to fascism in America? John Delury sits down with Van to discuss all that and more …

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The Diplomat

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Iran, Russia, Ukraine & Diplomacy with Lady Catherine Ashton 43:01

6M ago43:01

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Lady Catherine Ashton, Former Vice President of the European Commission and former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, joins Jason Greenblatt to discuss Iran, Russia, Ukraine & Diplomacy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Part II: Unsettling Liberal Hegemony with Jeannie Morefield | Ep. 134 35:39

6M ago35:39

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In this interview episode, Van sits down with Professor Jeanne Morefield to discuss critiques of liberalism and empire. Why does liberalism seem to always be obsessed with crisis and triumphalism, often at once? What is the shared DNA of Edwardian imperialism, neoconservatism, and liberal internationalism? Why has G. John Ikenberry's theoretical pr…

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The Diplomat

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FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried with Greg Zukerman of The Wall Street Journal 31:43

6M ago31:43

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Greg Zukerman of The Wall Street Journal joins Jason Greenblatt to discuss FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, after the SEC charged him with orchestrating a scheme to defraud equity investors. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…

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The Lonely Diplomat

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Ep. 54 - Connection for the modern diplomat 42:46

6M ago42:46

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Come and join me for a real conversation about what it means to connect. Connection is a big deal. It’s the antidote to loneliness and you – as a human – need to feel connected. But how do you know if you’re doing it right? Listening to this episode of The Lonely Diplomat podcast is a great place to start. Need to get your diplomatic life back on t…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Part I: Unsettling Liberal Hegemony with Jeannie Morefield | Ep. 133 40:19

6M ago40:19

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In this interview episode, Van sits down with Professor Jeanne Morefield to discuss critiques of liberalism and empire. Why does liberalism seem to always be obsessed with crisis and triumphalism, often at once? What is the shared DNA of Edwardian imperialism, neoconservatism, and liberal internationalism? Why has G. John Ikenberry's theoretical pr…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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China's Mass Uprisings, Anti-Semitism as Weapon, the Origins of Rivalry, Left v. Right Radicalism | Ep. 132 1:05:59

6M ago1:05:59

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Van, Kate, and Hunter unpack the mass uprisings in China, situating them in the context of ongoing worker struggles. They probe weaponized anti-semitism. They discuss the origins of Sino-US rivalry and the analytical perils of American exceptionalism. And. bring forth tons of data showing the difference between left and right radicalism. Dove and C…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Unipolarity's Nostalgia Trap: Interview w/ David Parsons | Ep. 131 1:37:07

6M ago1:37:07

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In this episode, Van chats with David Parsons, host of The Nostalgia Trap. They talk about his upbringing in Ventura, California during the 1990s, why he's obsessed with '90s pop culture and film, the nightmarish state of being a perpetual precarious academic historian, and what got him into the podcast game. They also discuss his fascinating book,…

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The Lonely Diplomat

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Ep. 53 - Hitting rock bottom 33:22

7M ago33:22

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Come and join me for a real conversation about what it means to be at a rock bottom mentally, emotionally, physically and socially while living the diplomatic life in this episode of The Lonely Diplomat podcast. In this episode, I talk about: - While rock bottom is a messy place, it’s a source of hope.- Why you avoid seeking help until you’ve got n…

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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A Global Economy for the Ruling Class? Interview w/ Adam Dean and Tim Barker | Ep. 130 1:22:11

7M ago1:22:11

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What is neoliberalism and why did developing democracies embrace labor repression? Why is military Keynesianism both dangerous and unsustainable? What are the causes of inflation right now, and how does monetary policy undermine the Biden presidency? And what happened to the "East Asian model" of economic development? In this political economy epis…

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The Diplomat

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The Road From Dubai to Israel 35:20

7M ago35:20

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Jason talks with Bruce Gurfein, who took a road trip from Dubai all the way to Israel. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

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Best of: Peace Intellectuals, Unf**king Rivalries, Russian Kleptocracy, the Trouble with Sanctions | Ep. 129 1:11:09

7M ago1:11:09

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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/1462766445121650696…

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The Freewheeling Diplomat

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Roots of Russian Military Failure in Ukraine: A Veteran U.S. Marine Russia Watcher Explains 53:19

7M ago53:19

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I spoke with Mike Purcell who had decades of experience as a Russia watcher for the U.S. Marines. Mike, now retired and teaching at GW University, brings unique operational, strategic and area expertise to the analysis of Russian military performance. He led a combined armed force of 800 marines and 200 vehicles during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He…

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The Diplomat

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The World's A Mess, But It's Not Hopeless (feat. Josh Block) 32:39

7M ago32:39

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Jason sits down with Josh Block, adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute and former spokesman for USAID, for an all-encompassing discussion of the latest in world news — and what paths there might be out of this dark period in international affairs. In the Path of Abraham is out now around the world: https://www.inthepathofabraham.com/ See Privacy P…

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