Archive - Un-Diplomatic

RAND Corporation Crisis of Capital | Bannon Says Trump 2028 | Graham Platner Tattoo-Gate | China Decoupling | CIA Rethinks China | Ep. 266

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Oct 24 •

Can America and China Exit from Rivalry? A Review

Not so long ago, I reviewed a great book about Sino-US relations that almost nobody has heard of.

Oct 22 •

What Matthew Klein and Michael Pettis Get Wrong About China

A couple weeks ago, I interviewed Jamie Merchant on the pod, and we had a grand conversation about the perils of economic nationalism, inter-capitalist…

Oct 20 •

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#NoKings is Part of Revolutionary Times

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Oct 19 •

Pumpkin-Spice Season | The Pentagon’s War on Journalists | China Trade Crisis | Ashley Tellis Scandal |Venezuela Covert Action | Gaza…

Back with Matt and Julia for a new episode of the pod, covering a range of national security and political issues from a critical perspective:

Oct 17 •

The New Perils of Being a Foreign Policy Wonk

Court politics used to have stakes only for the brown and yellow victims of American power abroad. Now, it’s becoming a matter of life and death for the…

Oct 16 •

Is China Choking the US?

Or is America’s ruling class unleashing havoc on the global economy and blaming China because the governing political ideology ignores facts and…

Oct 14 •

The China-US Economic Security Dilemma

It’s a nuclear war waiting to happen if rationality does not prevail

Oct 11 •

Inter-Capitalist War and the End of the Nation-State (as we know it) w/ Jamie Merchant

For the latest episode of the pod, I relished a long-form conversation with Jamie Merchant, one of my top-5 most-stimulating intellectuals right now.

Oct 10 •

Sino-US Détente Was Bought in Blood. Sino-US Rivalry is Worse

A contradiction is emerging in US China policy.

Oct 9 •

To invoke the Insurrection Act

Published on Robert Reich • Oct 6

The Nation(-State) Has Forsaken You...

...and might also judge you an enemy of the state.

Oct 6 •

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