Imperialist Worldmaking | Graham Platner’s Victory | Israeli Piracy | China Threat Decline | Rubio’s Panama Problem | Ep. 300

Socialist Foreign Policy | Zach Woods Attacks James Carville | The Billionaire's Coup Playbook | Independence Day (1996) w/ Morgan Spector | Ep. 309

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is winning elections around the US. Their growing popularity is a democratic response to growing insecurity in an age of oligarchy. Zach Woods (from HBO's Silicon Valley) goes after Democratic strategist James Carville in the best way. Why DSA's victories are key to changing US foreign policy. Why Trump's corruption, oligarchy, the k-shaped economy, and America's imperial wars are all related--The Billionaire’s Coup Playbook explains. And for those who listen to The Un-Diplomatic Podcast, a free crossover release of an episode with actor Morgan Spector covering Independence Day (1996) on The Bang-Bang Podcast.  Zach Woods on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaQ0SiOyZ2f [https://www.instagram.com/p/DaQ0SiOyZ2f] Morgan Spector on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epluribusyourmom/ [https://www.instagram.com/epluribusyourmom/] Subscribe to The Bang-Bang Podcast: https://www.bangbangpod.com [https://www.bangbangpod.com] Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHNWaUxoOUhIYjNnRVpiWGRtTDZ0NWpHMUFuZ3xBQ3Jtc0trU1M5UVRvRTQycGJPRmNJWFhHelU1dFRQQXNfUUh4Z0VRUXNYVGh4dExWOGsxdVpIem05dWZmODZDTmo0c0lPNUJNVW5kOWFVLUsxU2N5Ymxsek9fMWExYUkwTW5vdzFXa2pROFRQSzFRcTFaVGo2Zw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.un-diplomatic.com%2F&v=_ZFl1uswSxo] Watch Un-Diplomatic Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZFl1uswSxo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZFl1uswSxo]

Post-Liberal International Relations and the End of Ideology, w/ Daniel Bessner | Ep. 308

Why is America no longer the global hegemon? What is world order becoming after liberal hegemony? What's happening to international relations as a discipline? What does it mean to say that the era of ideology is over? In what way does Daniel Bessner sort of agree with G. John Ikenberry? Why does the dominance of liberal capitalism means shedding liberalism, and why does that help explain the world's ongoing polycrisis? Dr. Daniel Bessner (from the American Prestige Podcast) joins Dr. Van Jackson to make sense of the world by way of his essay in The Ideas Letter, "Power Without Ideology: Welcome to the Multipolar World."  Read Danny's essay in The Ideas Letter: https://www.theideasletter.org/essay/power-without-ideology/  [https://www.theideasletter.org/essay/power-without-ideology/] Listen to The American Prestige: https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm  [https://americanprestige.supportingcast.fm] Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com/ [https://www.un-diplomatic.com/]  Watch Un-Diplomatic Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@un-diplomaticpodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@un-diplomaticpodcast]  Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the individuals and not of any institutions

Pacific Power Rebrand | Iran War Peace Deal | Peter Theil’s Secret Society | The Politics of Antimilitarism | Ep. 307

Inside the peace deal end the US war against Iran--and the spoilers that can bring it down. What’s behind the Department of War’s name change from Indo-Pacific Command to Pacific Command? Why decolonizing the Pacific Islands Region (including Guam) has to be part of American territorial defense. Taking a zero-based approach to the military budget. And Peter Theil’s secret society has way too many liberal and Democratic Party names on its members list.  Catch Julia Gledhill’s regular writing for Forbes magazine: https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliagledhill/ [https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliagledhill/] Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com/  [https://www.un-diplomatic.com/] Watch Un-Diplomatic Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@un-diplomaticpodcast  [https://www.youtube.com/@un-diplomaticpodcast] Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the individuals and not of any institutions

Who Should Run Democratic Party Foreign Policy? Not the Genocide Squad! With Harrison Mann | Ep. 306

Harrison Mann was an army intelligence officer who resigned in protest against the genocide in Gaza in 2024. Since then, he's been a man on a mission--against war, against the political appointees who perpetuate war crimes and genocide, and for a new, more progressive foreign policy cadre for the Democratic Party. Mann joins Dr. Van Jackson in this episode about the future of Democratic Party foreign policy, being a CNN pundit, the latest on the war with Iran and whether the US will invade Kharg Island, using wargames for peace, and why a reckoning with the crimes of the Biden administration is so essential.  Read's Harrison Mann's piece in Zeteo, "Biden’s Genocide Squad Must Be Stopped Before They Strike Again": https://zeteo.com/p/biden-genocide-squad-blinken-sullivan-stopped  [https://zeteo.com/p/biden-genocide-squad-blinken-sullivan-stopped] Follow Harrison Mann on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harrison_j_mann/  [https://www.instagram.com/harrison_j_mann/] Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com/  [https://www.un-diplomatic.com/] Watch Un-Diplomatic Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@un-diplomaticpodcast  [https://www.youtube.com/@un-diplomaticpodcast] Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the individuals and not of any institutions

Anti-Tech Extremism, or Populism? | China-Data Center Conspiracy Theory | New Zealand’s Military Trap | Bernie’s A.I. Proposal | Hegseth’s Shangri-La Primacy Fantasy | Ep. 305

The government is now going after regular people who oppose data centers and are calling it "anti-tech extremist violence.” Congress's anti-China conspiracy theory about data center opposition in the US is a very real farce. Bernie Sanders is in the New York Times with a new proposal to seize the means of A.I. production, sort of. New Zealand is allowing itself to fall into a militarist trap of its own making--what's at stake in the debate about New Zealand military spending and its anti-nuclear stance. Pete Hegseth's speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue confirms one thing: The US is still pursuing global primacy, only under conditions where it's neither possible nor justified, and that means violence. What makes opposition to A.I. data centers a strategically useful site for both people-power struggles and state repression. And the U.S. has illegally killed more than 200 people in over 60 strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific--that's what the Monroe Doctrine looks like. #podcast #geopolitics #datacenter #currentaffairs Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com/  [https://www.un-diplomatic.com/] Watch Un-Diplomatic Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@un-diplomaticpodcast  [https://www.youtube.com/@un-diplomaticpodcast] Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the individuals and not of any institutions