An Interview on Peace, Polarity, and the Contentious Politics of Militarism

"A small power that chooses to play a great power’s game is a fool"

I was recently contacted by a journalist—an exceedingly common thing—and gave an unusually wide-ranging interview:

• what’s wrong with American primacy,

• whether to cheer or fear multipolarity,

• whether New Zealand should want to join AUKUS, how to think about smaller powers in relation to “great” ones, and

• the political divisiveness of militarism.

I’m not sure how much will eventually make it into print, but because I provided a written response to the interview questions (normally it’s a phone call or Zoom), I have my fully thought through words to share with newsletter patrons. ✌️

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