Should the United States Have 800 Military Bases?

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i think we're moving into a period where we do need to make investments in state solvency elsewere by we, i don't just mean the united states. We should be more ambitious working with other countries militaries and d there's a real gap in theunternational system around police. There's actually a very, very scant police training capability in the you know, if you think about li global goods and collective goods. But to actually invest alongside other countries in professionalizing some of these training apparatuses, i think that would be worth while investment last stion us.

A former war correspondent and UN ambassador, Samantha Power has had her share of tough assignments. But writing a memoir about it all is also a daunting prospect. The format itself is a challenge: how do you convince the reader you’re worth spending time with? How do you paint a relatable portrait without oversharing and losing your dignity? For Samantha the answer was settling upon a purpose for her memoir and ruthlessly cutting out everything not in service of that.

Tyler and Samantha discuss that purpose and more, including what she learned as an Irish immigrant, the personality traits of good diplomats (and war correspondents), relations with China, why democracy is so rare in the Middle East, the truth about Richard Holbrooke, what factors mitigate against humanitarian intervention, her favorite memoir, how to get NATO members to spend more on defense, and whether baseball games are too long.

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Recorded July 30th, 2019 Other ways to connect

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