Power Problems

Afghanistan: One Year After US Withdrawal

Aug 23, 2022

46:24

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Peter Beinart

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Could AFGxit have gone at a diff't time with better defense/Ally extraction?

02:14

Beinert would hate an installed Buttigieg out of tribalism.

01:32

Afghanistan Is Not the Only Safe Safe Haven

03:27

We Shouldn't Have Endless, Endless Commitment, Right?

04:09

Introduction

2min

The Security Threat From Afghanistan

4min

Afghanistan Is Not the Only Safe Safe Haven

3min

The War on a Rock - Should We Have Had This War?

2min

Is There a Power in Nationalism in Afghanistan?

5min

Foreign Policy Discussion

6min

The Troublesome Linkage Between Politics and Policy Making

5min

We Shouldn't Have Endless, Endless Commitment, Right?

4min

Is There a Political Advantage to the Dovish Voices in Washington?

6min

10.

The One China Policy

5min

11.

Afghanistan - Is There a Moral Obligation?

3min

Award winning journalist Peter Beinart discusses the messy U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan one year later and questions the wisdom of entering the war in the first place. He conjectures about why U.S. foreign policy does not seem to evolve much or reflect popular opinion as much as domestic policy.

Show Notes:

Peter Beinart bio
Peter Beinart, “Lessons from Afghanistan a Year Later,” The Beinart Newsletter, August 15, 2022.
Stephen van Evera, “Why States Believe Foolish Ideas: Non-Self-Evaluation by States and Societies,” in Perspectives in Structural Realism, edited by Andrew K. Hanami (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002): pp. 163-198.

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Power Problems

Afghanistan: One Year After US Withdrawal

Episode guests

Could AFGxit have gone at a diff't time with better defense/Ally extraction?

Beinert would hate an installed Buttigieg out of tribalism.

Afghanistan Is Not the Only Safe Safe Haven

We Shouldn't Have Endless, Endless Commitment, Right?

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