Nikhil Pal Singh
Historian and academic focused on race and U.S. political history, serving as a professor at New York University and a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute; author of Race and America's Long War and contributor of the article 'Homeland Empire' discussed in the episode.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 44min
Homeland Empire w/ Nikhil Pal Singh
Nikhil Pal Singh, historian of race and U.S. political history and NYU professor, outlines the idea of a 'homeland empire' where foreign and domestic power blur. He discusses how policing adopts wartime tactics, the shift from border walls to interior enforcement, continuities and novelties in recent administrations, and why the current project struggles to build lasting hegemony.
