The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

Why South Korea's Bernie Sanders is no Bernie when it comes to foreign policy.  Why Australia's submarine decision is vulgar balancing (but not useless).  Marxism versus liberalism.  Why the pandemic proves the world sucks at collective action.  Xi Jinping's common prosperity drive pits labor against oligarchy, but not the way you think. Lil Uzi Hurt Tweet: https://twitter.com/lostblackboy/status/1437779312174845959Kim Tongfi Tweet: https://twitter.com/tongfi_kim/status/1436407499998081025?s=19Adam Tooze piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/opinion/covid-pandemic-global-economy-politics.htmlContributors: Hunter Marston, Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell, Gaby Magnuson

Why defense grifters and jingoes love deterrence-by-denial strategies. Why Manny Pacquiao could beat Duterte, and why that might not be good for the Philippines.  WTH is a classical liberal?  Also this episode: Is China the new standard-setter in tech?  Jacob Levy Tweet: https://twitter.com/jtlevy/status/1424458950838263813?s=21Kendra Schaefer Tweet: https://twitter.com/kendraschaefer/status/1431134542648074242?s=20Ryan Evans Tweet: https://twitter.com/EvansRyan202/status/1431627298512461824?s=19Simon Brown on the Rise of the Anti-Intellectual: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/the-rise-of-the-elite-anti-intellectualsContributors: Jake Dellow, Ciara Mitchell, Gaby Magnuson, Hunter Marston

In this special cross-over episode, Dr. Van Jackson speaks with Future Tense host and director of research for Diplomat Risk Intelligence, Abhijnan Rej.  They talk about scenario-based planning, intelligence failures, the perils of net assessment, and why it all matters in the context of the botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Future Tense pod: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2jvmc-10bacc2?utm_campaign=w_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=w_shareDiplomat Risk Intelligence: https://dri.thediplomat.com

What's going on with the Quincy Institute v. liberal internationalism debate?  How neoliberalism gave us the far right.   What's a master's in IR really worth?  Can you have too many national security experts (yes)?  How anti-hegemonist politics gives rise to campism within the left. Also this episode: China's empire-building in Tibet and Bhutan. Nathan Robinson Tweet: https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson/status/1418357218450214921Peter Dombrowski Tweet: https://twitter.com/PeterDombrowsk6/status/1419074040673804288Blake Herzinger Tweet: https://twitter.com/BDHerzinger/status/1422740269057798145?s=20Paul Musgrave on the master's in IR problem: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/29/international-relations-ir-masters-cost-pay/Contributors: Hunter Marston, Alex Auty, Ciara Mitchell, Jake Dellow

In this special crossover episode with the NK News podcast, Dr. Van Jackson has a wide-ranging discussion with its host, Jacco Zwetsloot.  Van and Jacco talk about Van's writing process, how close we got to nuclear war in 2017, what the Biden administration is missing on North Korea, the East Asian peace, and his political evolution.  

Why Chinese influence in New Zealand is an opportunity to pioneer an anti-CCP and antiracist policy.  Why the Roosevelt Doctrine is really an attempt to save Woodrow Wilson.  Writing about objects too big to write about.  Republicans are using China to kill democracy.  The problem with "punching left" on Cuba. Also this episode: What's wrong with international relations? Chris Clary Tweet: https://twitter.com/clary_co/status/1415084925481627655Robbie Shilliam Tweet: https://twitter.com/RobbieShilliam/status/1414554433585885184?s=19Law Boy Tweet: https://twitter.com/The_Law_Boy/status/1414377497802772480?s=19Charlie Warzel Substack: https://warzel.substack.com/p/we-are-not-readyContributors: Hunter Marston, Jake Dellow, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell

Guam's anti-militarist plight exposes Sino-US competition as clashing spheres of influence.  How America did the Philippines dirty for a hundred years...and is still.  The promise and perils and the Progressive International's strategy.  Why boomers are hoarding real estate.  And is academia for poor people?  Evan Feigenbaum Tweet: https://twitter.com/EvanFeigenbaum/status/1403805400009486351Ken Klippenstein Tweet: https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1402342616772055046?s=19Emily Brier Tweet: https://twitter.com/Emily_Brier_/status/1401297172814041096?s=20Pete Stegemeyer Tweet: https://twitter.com/itspeterj/status/1326514788965486596Contributors: Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Alex Auty, Jake Dellow

Is it possible to push back on China's many forms of aggression without rivalry or racism?  What Wu-Tang teaches us about solidarity and capitalist critique.  Israel's occupying Palestine, so let's talk about terrorism.  Why alliance reassurance rarely makes sense.  Chris Clary Tweet: https://twitter.com/clary_co/status/1395448568983523328Seva Gunitsky Tweet: https://twitter.com/SevaUT/status/1393827799652261892Jamaal Bowman Tweet: https://twitter.com/JamaalBowmanNY/status/1393705229842014209?s=20Peter Beinart Tweet: https://twitter.com/peterbeinart/status/1393788527008174080?s=21Ryan Hass in Noema Magazine: https://www.noemamag.com/playing-the-china-card/Sahar Kahn in Inkstick: https://inkstickmedia.com/the-quad-should-embrace-climate-action-as-its-core-mission/Mason Richey in East Asia Forum: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/05/12/the-right-angle-of-the-quadrilateral/Contributors: Jake Dellow, Hunter Marston, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell

Why socialists aren't "very liberal."  The far right's war on critical race theory is a bigger deal than you think.  Why everyone loves to throw shade at New Zealand.  The histrionics of the Taiwan debate.  The truth about Van's interview on the Quincy Institute.  North Korea policy is going nowhere.  Ken Schultz Tweet: https://twitter.com/KSchultz3580/status/1387963382452477954David Roberts Tweet: https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1386766470831493120?s=19John Carl Baker Tweet: https://twitter.com/johncarlbaker/status/1387113498933596162Richard McGregor Tweet: https://twitter.com/mcgregorrichard/status/1384981240810328064?s=19Contributors: Gaby Magnuson, Hunter Marston, Ciara Mitchell, Alex Auty

Why the Biden administration is performing its rivalry with China.  What the Afghanistan withdrawal decision says about global punditry.  Why UFOs might not be as sexy as Van hopes they are.  Theories for avoiding war.  Winners may write history, but that doesn't make it right.  Creating a talent pool for progressive technocrats.  How to think about the UK/EU jumping into the China-competition game.  Also this episode: Why "Foreign policy for the middle class" is the right goal with the wrong implementation.  Kelsey Atherton Tweet: https://twitter.com/AthertonKD/status/1382858221329608706?s=20John Lee Tweet: https://twitter.com/koreanforeigner/status/1382360593374449673?s=19Rita Konaev Tweet: https://twitter.com/RitaKonaev/status/1382305484233916426?s=19Andrew Carr Tweet: https://twitter.com/AOCarr/status/1381744190682361857Contributors: Gaby Magnuson, Alex Auty, Jake Dellow, Hunter Marston