Ezra Klein Loves (some) Political Violence | The War Department and the Asia-Pacific Debate | Israel Attacks Qatar | South Korea and ICE | Ep. 258
Just dropped a new episode of the pod, covering a range of national security and political issues from a critical perspective:
On Charlie Kirk’s horrific assassination and why Ezra Klein’s hand-wringing shows that, contrary to his protestations, he in fact embraces some political violence.
Trump and Pete Hegseth rename the Department of Defense the Department of War.
The Pentagon starts shifting from Indo-Pacific to Asia-Pacific, which has the fingerprints of Elbridge Colby all over it (and I’m not mad at that!).
Israel attacks US ally Qatar—what that says about war, expansionism, and revisionist foreign policy.
ICE raids a Hyundai-LG factory in Georgia, exposing South Korea to white supremacist statecraft.
Catch the episode wherever you get podcasts, or watch on YouTube.