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That article was massively important, thank you for that... I’ve been struggling lately with getting a clear view of the ypg/ pkk, is there anything that you could offer on that?
I didn't see it cross-promoted as widely as a few other guest appearances, but Danny's spot on last week's episode of kiwi activist podcast 1/200 was really good. Many years ago when I studied international relations it always seemed odd to me that realism was dismissed as this cartoonishly evil take on the world by so many people, especially as they busied themselves supporting models which acted in more cartoonishly evil ways while putting a kinder justification on it. Was really good to have the concepts and development broken down.
Great article, two related questions that have been bugging me for some time.
a) What would it look like if in 1945, the US didn't pursue empire, and instead took it's foot off the gas? Were the internal new deal policies sufficiently independent of war-time manufacturing that they could survive without them? I'm having a difficult time imagining the conditions of the US domestic situation that didn't also an necessitate an expansionist foreign policy during that time period
b) Regarding the 'new cold war' w/ China, why is this even being proposed like it could possibly happen? My sense if the Chinese and American economies are so interlinked that even a frigid cold war could never break out. Are foreign policy analysts who think that this is going to happen blind to the material dependencies or is there something I'm missing?
That was a fantastic article, thank you for the great read.
A question I have is, what would your response be to someone who criticized “American Burlesque” as being too idealistic? Whether that be in relation to bucking liberal internationalist primacy in policymaking or achieving international cooperation on issues such as climate change.
That article was massively important, thank you for that... I’ve been struggling lately with getting a clear view of the ypg/ pkk, is there anything that you could offer on that?
I didn't see it cross-promoted as widely as a few other guest appearances, but Danny's spot on last week's episode of kiwi activist podcast 1/200 was really good. Many years ago when I studied international relations it always seemed odd to me that realism was dismissed as this cartoonishly evil take on the world by so many people, especially as they busied themselves supporting models which acted in more cartoonishly evil ways while putting a kinder justification on it. Was really good to have the concepts and development broken down.
https://www.1of200.nz/podcast/1200-episode-162-the-realist-deal
Great article, two related questions that have been bugging me for some time.
a) What would it look like if in 1945, the US didn't pursue empire, and instead took it's foot off the gas? Were the internal new deal policies sufficiently independent of war-time manufacturing that they could survive without them? I'm having a difficult time imagining the conditions of the US domestic situation that didn't also an necessitate an expansionist foreign policy during that time period
b) Regarding the 'new cold war' w/ China, why is this even being proposed like it could possibly happen? My sense if the Chinese and American economies are so interlinked that even a frigid cold war could never break out. Are foreign policy analysts who think that this is going to happen blind to the material dependencies or is there something I'm missing?
Thanks again for the great read!
That was a fantastic article, thank you for the great read.
A question I have is, what would your response be to someone who criticized “American Burlesque” as being too idealistic? Whether that be in relation to bucking liberal internationalist primacy in policymaking or achieving international cooperation on issues such as climate change.
Thank you for your time.
Underrated Dylan album, and great piece.