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335 | America's Pacific Power Paradox and the Roots of Asia's Instability with Van Jackson

The Realignment

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How Did You Find Yourself So Focused on the Political Economy Side of Things?

I don't normally do biographical questions, but the number one take away from this conversation is how did you find yourself so focused on the political economy side of things? You were enlisted as an intelligence analyst, you obviously do the whole McKinsey stint that's somewhat mandatory in a certain context. And then you've written about how you in 2016, find yourself just like leaving DC in a way that many people talked about, but didn't actually do. SoHow'd that come about? Yeah, well, I don't want to have a worldview that is somehow incongruous with observed reality. I want a worldview that accounts for observed reality better than any alternative.

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