Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Gavin Wilde’s recent article in the Texas National Security Review on foreign media manipulation. How vulnerable are citizens of democracies to manipulation through social media? Is a more open and less hierarchical media space a national security threat? And what, if anything, should policymakers in democracies do about this issue? Grievances for China blocking popular apps, Marjorie Taylor Green for her shenanigans surrounding the foreign aid vote, and to the F-35, the gift that keeps on giving (to the tune of $2 trillion); Attas for Samuel Charap and Sergey Radchenko for an important article on Ukraine, to Mike Johnson for taking a principled stand on the foreign aid bill, and to the first Australian officers to participate in AUKUS nuclear submarine training.
This episode's reading.
To Infinity and Beyond: Battle Force 2045
We Need to Talk About Nukes
Understanding America’s Declining Global Influence
The Revenge of Ideology
The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be
Time to Rethink U.S. Policy Toward Putin’s Russia?
Deterring by Denial in Asia
Money and Might
COVID-19 and U.S. Global Leadership
America's Foreign Policy Consensus: Blob's Your Uncle?
Sources of American Power
Big Trouble in a Little China Strategy?
The End of the World as We Know It?
Pathogen to War
COVID-19 and the Future of Global Trade
The Meaning of Public Service
Defending U.S. Interests in Cyberspace
Why Is America Leaving Afghanistan Now?
Show Me the Money
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