If you pit human rights against security, you're doing foreign policy wrong. How to think about LGBTQIA-plus rights and strategy. Being realistic about China-Cambodia relations. Why Biden is still ambiguous about Taiwan. Dissecting what's wrong with the national security "Blob." The role of a PMC technocracy in a social democratic order. The importance of libraries to society.

Peter Beinart v. the Blob: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/opinion/biden-the-blob-china-us.html?smid=tw-share

Blake Herzinger on Cambodia: https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/10/cambodia-navy-china-bombing/

Kelsey Atherton Tweet: https://twitter.com/AthertonKD/status/1531685221682356231

JP Bristol Tweet: https://twitter.com/JPierreBrissot/status/1528754834953932803?t=Dl2ib1LBBfQV5_xCU-lVlg&s=19

Buffy the Psych Prof Tweet: https://twitter.com/drpsybuffy/status/1533459570747744258?s=21&t=lSlEy8gkkjW9U7yl0y-yKw

Adam Mahoney Tweet: https://twitter.com/AdamLMahoney/status/1531851079276560384

Contributors: Tejas Menon, Hunter Marston, Ciara Mitchell, Jake Dellow

The Myth of Security versus Human Rights, Taiwan Ambiguity, Realism about Cambodia, the Conservative Foreign Policy Debate | Ep. 121