Fighting Pentagon Graft, w/ William Hartung and Julia Gledhill
Fighting Pentagon Graft, w/ William Hartung and Julia Gledhill
This episode doesn’t just have a theme, it has a thesis. Have you wondered how precisely the Pentagon manages to siphon ... Read more
15 Aug 2023
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1hr 1min
Dissident Thinking, Foreign Policy for the Middle Class, and Progressive Fissures Around Militarism | Ep. 165
Dissident Thinking, Foreign Policy for the Middle Class, and Progressive Fissures Around Militarism | Ep. 165
In this cross-over episode with the Security Dilemma podcast, Van speaks with Patrick Fox and John Allen Gay of the John... Read more
6 Aug 2023
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52mins
Part II: Classical Realism Versus International Relations, Interview w/ Jonathan Kirshner | Ep. 164
Part II: Classical Realism Versus International Relations, Interview w/ Jonathan Kirshner | Ep. 164
Part II of my conversation with Jonathan Kirshner about his new book, An Unwritten Future: Realism, Uncertainty, and Wor... Read more
31 Jul 2023
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31mins
Part I: Classical Realism Versus International Relations, Interview w/ Jonathan Kirshner | Ep. 163
Part I: Classical Realism Versus International Relations, Interview w/ Jonathan Kirshner | Ep. 163
Part I of my two-part conversation with Jonathan Kirshner about his new book, An Unwritten Future: Realism, Uncertainty,... Read more
22 Jul 2023
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48mins
Rethinking International Order: 15th Century Maritime Asia and Today w/ Manjeet Pardesi | Ep. 162
Rethinking International Order: 15th Century Maritime Asia and Today w/ Manjeet Pardesi | Ep. 162
What's the difference between centered and de-centered international orders? How do small states navigate geopolitics wi... Read more
7 Jul 2023
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59mins
American Hegemony v. New Zealand's 'Independent' Foreign Policy | Ep. 161
American Hegemony v. New Zealand's 'Independent' Foreign Policy | Ep. 161
What's wrong with liberal hegemony? What does it mean for New Zealand to have an "independent foreign policy?" Why did N... Read more
29 Jun 2023
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58mins
How China Thinks About Asian Security Order, w/ Carla Freeman | Ep. 160
How China Thinks About Asian Security Order, w/ Carla Freeman | Ep. 160
Van sat down with China watcher Carla Freeman (US Institute of Peace) to explore this thing Xi Jinping announced last ye... Read more
23 Jun 2023
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40mins
Where is Thailand Now? w/ Aim Sinpeng and Greg Raymond
Where is Thailand Now? w/ Aim Sinpeng and Greg Raymond
Opposition parties carried the day in Thailand's recent multiparty elections on May 14. The Move Forward Party, led by P... Read more
19 Jun 2023
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1hr 5mins
Unmaking Asian Exceptionalism, w/ Gaiutra Bahadur | Ep. 158
Unmaking Asian Exceptionalism, w/ Gaiutra Bahadur | Ep. 158
What does it mean to write with not just logos but pathos? How has racial violence in America shaped the identity of Asi... Read more
9 Jun 2023
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54mins
Kissinger's Cambodia Killings, w/ Nick Turse | Ep. 157
Kissinger's Cambodia Killings, w/ Nick Turse | Ep. 157
The award-winning, New York Times best-selling author, Nick Turse, has done some deep investigations at the intersection... Read more
2 Jun 2023
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37mins