Danny and Derek welcome Kelly Grieco, senior fellow in the Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program at the Stimson Center, and Jennifer Kavanagh, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss the US’s presence in the Indo-Pacific. The group defines what exactly constitutes the “Indo-Pacific”, touches on how the Beltway sees the US’s role in the region vs what it is actually doing there, how China is perceived in the region, the Taiwan issue, the dynamic with US regional allies such as Australia, strategic empathy, the future of the US’s role in the region, and more.
Jun 28, 2023Liked by Daniel Bessner, American Prestige
Danny and Derek not being able to help themselves saying "friend of the pod" every time an awful political figure gets mentioned followed by a baffled academic's awkward pause is getting funnier and funnier
Danny and Derek not being able to help themselves saying "friend of the pod" every time an awful political figure gets mentioned followed by a baffled academic's awkward pause is getting funnier and funnier
I really appreciated Danny's brutal realism compared to their unfounded rosy neoliberal junk. You probably scared them away 😆
Also kudos for forcing them to articulate what they mean when they say they 'support free trade'.
I love the quote from noted foreign policy expert/ bug that eats dust Adam Friedland
I love any analogy that associates the U.S. to pre-WW1 Tzarist Russia. Brava!
I'm confused as to why they believe the US will suddenly be empathetic towards China? The US ruling class will never, ever do the right thing.