John Anderson: Conversations

Conversations: with Walter Russell Mead, Foreign Policy Expert & Commentator

May 12, 2023

01:04:37

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Ukraine's Uncertain Future and the Risk of Escalation

01:15

China's View on American Capacity

02:00

Americans' Need for Consistency in Foreign Policy

01:59

American Capacity in a Troubled World

02:27

Introduction

5min

The Problem With the United States in Supporting Ukraine

4min

The Importance of Intent

3min

The Future of American Capacity

4min

The Moral Equivalence of the West and the Enlightenment

6min

The Stag Effect: A Social Psychology of Fear and Incapacity

3min

China's Views on America and Western Capacity

4min

The Pre-War Era: China's Timetable

5min

The Importance of Coherence in the Middle East

2min

10.

The Importance of Consistency in Foreign Policy

2min

11.

The Prospects of War in the Middle East

2min

12.

The US-Israel Relationship

4min

13.

The Future of Democracy in Israel

4min

14.

The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Nations

4min

15.

The West's Development Strategy for China

6min

16.

The Future of American Politics

3min

17.

The Importance of a Spiritual Recrudescence

2min

John is joined by Walter Russell Mead, an American academic widely regarded for his incisive analysis of geopolitics and foreign affairs. They consider the worrying isolationist streak that seems to be running through US politics, the continuing struggle for supremacy and global leadership between China and the US, the effectiveness of nuclear deterrence, Western cultural decadence and Israeli democracy.

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