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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

Global power politics, for the people. Hosted by Van Jackson, Julia Gledhill, and Matt Duss. The views expressed are theirs alone (not those of any institution or employer).

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00:58:29

Pacific Spheres of Influence, Fighting Filipinos,...

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2021/06/18

Guam's anti-militarist plight exposes Sino-US competition as clashing spheres of influence. How America did the Philippines dirty for a hundred years...and is still. The promise and perils and the Progressive International's strategy. Why boomers are hoarding real estate. And is academia for poor people? Evan Feigenbaum Tweet: https://twitter.com/EvanFeigenbaum/status/1403805400009486351Ken Klippenstein Tweet: https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1402342616772055046?s=19Emily Brier Tweet:

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00:53:26

China Rivalry without Racism? Wu-Tang Solidarity,...

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2021/06/02

Is it possible to push back on China's many forms of aggression without rivalry or racism? What Wu-Tang teaches us about solidarity and capitalist critique. Israel's occupying Palestine, so let's talk about terrorism. Why alliance reassurance rarely makes sense. Chris Clary Tweet: https://twitter.com/clary_co/status/1395448568983523328Seva Gunitsky Tweet: https://twitter.com/SevaUT/status/1393827799652261892Jamaal Bowman Tweet:

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01:05:18

The War on Critical Race, Socialists Aren't "Very...

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2021/05/12

Why socialists aren't "very liberal." The far right's war on critical race theory is a bigger deal than you think. Why everyone loves to throw shade at New Zealand. The histrionics of the Taiwan debate. The truth about Van's interview on the Quincy Institute. North Korea policy is going nowhere. Ken Schultz Tweet: https://twitter.com/KSchultz3580/status/1387963382452477954David Roberts Tweet: https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1386766470831493120?s=19John Carl Baker Tweet:

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00:45:30

The Global Pundit Problem, De-Sexyfying UFOs,...

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2021/04/27

Why the Biden administration is performing its rivalry with China. What the Afghanistan withdrawal decision says about global punditry. Why UFOs might not be as sexy as Van hopes they are. Theories for avoiding war. Winners may write history, but that doesn't make it right. Creating a talent pool for progressive technocrats. How to think about the UK/EU jumping into the China-competition game. Also this episode: Why "Foreign policy for the middle class" is the right goal with the wrong

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00:51:15

Who's the DMX of International Relations, Neoliberal...

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2021/04/17

P. Diddy is an oligarch who was bad for hip-hop...and now he's exploiting BLM. How Washington pundits became Xi Jinping's hype man. Why FONOPs are a silly way to send a message. Favorite feminist movies. Also this episode: Why is there no DMZ in international relations? Tanvi Madan Tweet: https://twitter.com/tanvi_madan/status/1380552263589113858?s=19Ben Young Tweet: https://twitter.com/DubstepInDPRK/status/1380965755743694849?s=19Daniel Denvir Tweet:

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00:53:59

Don't Call Yourself a Realist! Progressive Economic...

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2021/04/09

The Global North owes the Global South progressive economic policies, not aid. The essential (?) fascism of security clearances. Why it's wrong to make international-relations paradigms into ideologies. The tragic history and propagandizing about the third offset strategy--or, the origins of American militarism today. The China Cold War question.Jason Hickel Tweet: https://twitter.com/jasonhickel/status/1377545871223586817?s=19Gerald Brown Tweet:

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00:42:34

The Zombie Promise of Cold War Liberalism, Myanmar's...

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2021/04/02

If an "Indo-Pacific strategy" can't cope with the Syria risk in Myanmar, then what good is it? Why the history of Cold War liberalism tells us not to pin domestic renewal on the China threat. Why Chinese air incursions against Taiwan DO NOT signal invasion. What's going on in Asian studies at Georgetown. Japan's role in a Taiwan conflict. The lost history of the WTO anti-globalization protests.Matt Duss Tweet: https://twitter.com/mattduss/status/1375934723701243908?s=20Blake Herzinger Tweet:

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00:32:28

Think Tank Infighting, Guam for Dummies, Asia's Not...

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2021/03/20

Which QAnon congresswoman thinks Guam is a foreign country? Why Asia is not the Indo-Pacific. Think tank infighting. Wasting time before writing. Rachel Rizzo: https://mobile.twitter.com/RachelRizzo/status/1370776048183435264Spencer Ackerman: https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/1371127805296189446?s=19JD Vance: https://mobile.twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1370873282824667136Laicie Heeley: https://mobile.twitter.com/laicie/status/1370075526262632462Van Jackson on America's Indo-Pacific Folly:

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00:51:33

Deterrence by Capable Dildos, the Hawaiian Land Grab,...

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2021/03/14

Why American strategic culture is so obsessed with "capable dildos." Why native Hawaiians don't want federal recognition to whitewash an illegal land grab. What it means to declare oneself a "China hawk" and why it matters. Why North Korean defectors want to go back to North Korea. Also this episode: Is the US-China rivalry an ideological conflict?Branco Milanovic Tweet: https://twitter.com/BrankoMilan/status/1368219420645093379Vipin Narang Tweet:

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00:38:56

Taiwan Domino Theory Silliness, Think Tank...

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2021/03/05

What happens when think tankers become tankies. Alliance domino theory nonsense--why Taiwan is not like the others. Why Japan's the real leader of Asia's liberal order. The US doesn't need Saudi Arabia. James Palmer Tweet: https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/1365381504629669891Mike McFaul Tweet: https://twitter.com/McFaul/status/1365424739196362752?s=19Michael Kofman Tweet: https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1364021794513047552?s=19Cheng Che on Japan's Liberal Foreign Policy Realism:

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00:50:06

Does Foreign Policy Have a Career Ceiling? Defense...

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2021/02/27

Why Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "white moderate" threat dominates Washington today. The dilemma of militarist thinking about strategy. New Zealand's beef with Australia. Southeast Asia wants a more progressive US foreign policy. Foreign policy's career ceiling problem.Caroline Baxter Tweet: https://twitter.com/CarolineCBaxter/status/1362163234426544128?s=19John Lee Tweet: https://twitter.com/koreanforeigner/status/1360752886322327553?s=19Zachary Keck Tweet:

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00:37:28

A Liberal's Anti-China Game, Emily in D.C., Asia's...

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2021/02/17

A rope-a-dope strategy for China. How a liberal plays the anti-China card (for better or worse). The truth about Asia's Democracy divide. Why Micronesia gave up on the Pacific Islands Forum. Also this episode: What would it be like if Netflix's Emily in Paris took place in Washington, D.C.? Alex McCoy Tweet: https://twitter.com/AlexanderMcCoy4/status/1358206091964915714?s=19Michael Mazza Tweet: https://twitter.com/mike_mazza/status/1357335849004916743?s=19Rachel Rizzo Tweet:

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01:06:43

From Bro Culture to Fascism, Genocidal Democracy in...

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2021/02/10

The debate about South Korean illiberalism that nobody wants you to hear. Why bro culture incubates fascism. The coup in Myanmar is NBD compared to genocide. QAnon is no friend of the left. And why hustling is nonpartisan.Emma Ashford, Kate Kizer, and TX Hammes debating Grand Strategy: https://inkstickmedia.com/after-the-apocalypse-us-grand-strategy/Dan Nexon Tweet: https://twitter.com/dhnexon/status/1356334701733150721Tom Pepinsky Tweet:

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01:01:04

The Global Far Right is a Protestant Reformation for...

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2021/02/03

Why the threat of our time is the global far right, and what it has in common with the protestant reformation. What's wrong and right about the Indo-Pacific and the Quad. Dark money in think tanks. Kim Jong Un's authoritarian savvy. The real meaning of the Third World--or, is Marco Rubio a white supremacist? Also this episode: Why Trump has changed how we teach international relations.Sensible Human 96 Tweet: https://twitter.com/sensiblehuman96/status/1351296226235453442?s=11Patrick Iber Tweet:

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00:57:37

Galactic Gaslighting, Futurism v. Moneyballing,...

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2020/12/17

Futures studies versus moneyball--the problem with prediction. A supply-side theory of Obama's drone strike addiction. Telling lies about a Galactic Federation with aliens. Should Japan join the Five-Eyes intelligence-sharing partnership? How to get out of Afghanistan. Why the Indo-Pacific is too big for a single strategy. Also this episode: The movies that made Van Jackson and the team. Jeffrey Lewis's Tweet: https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/1334533169547075584?s=19Annette Joseph:

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00:59:56

The Asia Tsar Question, McDonald's Peace Theory is...

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2020/12/09

Does President Biden need an Asia Tsar? Why McDonalds peace theory is over. The truth about liberal international relations theory. Israel's grass-mowing theory of deterrence. The difference between Taiwan and China. Also this episode: What does Denzel Washington's Training Day have to do with Asian security?Paul MacDonald Tweet: https://twitter.com/pkmacdonald/status/1333778364151238657Sarah Cooper Tweet: https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1333639291902300161Caitlin Talmadge Tweet:

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01:06:39

Grand Strategic Farce, How the US Lost Asia, The...

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2020/11/25

Why is the State Department's Office of Policy Planning so obsessed with George Kennan...and China's ideology? The untold story of how America lost economic primacy in Asia, and why nobody talks about it now. What is IR theory good for? Why cancelling student debt matters. The non-interview at Australian National University. Also this episode: what should we think about the Free Chosun movement against North Korea? Alexander Lanoszka Tweet:

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00:53:21

China Squeezes Aussies, Kim Jong Un's Biden Surprise,...

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2020/11/18

Australians are getting economically coerced by China but not everyone knows why. Militarism is bad, but militarists who've never been in a fight are the worst. What North Korea has in store for Biden in 2021. A hypersonic missile arms race is coming to Asia, but is anyone paying attention? And if Trump were throw a coup, how would we know in advance? Also this episode: Van recommends some reading for budding IR scholars.John Culver Tweet:

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00:55:20

The Fascism Debate, Interviewing at Stanford, Think...

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2020/11/11

What it's like to interview at Stanford University (!). What Veep's Jonah Ryan can teach aspiring Washington technocrats. On Trumpian fascism. Why elite think tanks are ripe for corruption. And what Larry David's "spite store" idea has to do with Trump's lame-duck foreign policy. Also this episode: What are international-relations theories good for?Dan Nexon Tweet: https://twitter.com/dhnexon/status/1322939398044950530Timothy Simon Tweet:

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01:00:09

Taiwan is the O.G. China, Stanford's Hoover...

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2020/11/02

What makes Elon Musk a wannabe totalitarian? A new book on space expansionism paints a dark picture. Why Taiwan is the O.G. China. How to fit Milton Friedman and LL Cool J in the same sentence. Stanford University's Hoover Institution controversy. And resisting China's civil war narrative. Paul Musgrave Tweet: https://twitter.com/profmusgrave/status/1321163306296659968Paul Musgrave Tweet:https://twitter.com/profmusgrave/status/1321113451540979714?s=19Ruben Gallego Tweet:

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