The World Is Not Enough

It’s hard to win these days. Not only do we have worries about war, we’ve got worries over worries about war. Is the Biden administration’s foreign policy dangerously cautious? That’s what Peter and James discuss – and argue about – with our guest, AEI’s Kori Schake.

The hosts (minus Rob, who was off podcasting elsewhere…) also chat about Italy’s Giorgia Meloni; James gets peeved, and it’a lots of fun; they do some speculating of their own about the bubbles in the Baltic; and Peter recalls the time he had dinner with a mega-celeb and had no idea who said mega-celeb was.

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  1. RufusRJones Member
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    The United States Navy keeps trade routes open.

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  2. kedavis Coolidge
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    I think it’s been within the past year, or pretty close anyway, that a guest on the “Flagship” podcast engaged with members in these comments.  I think it was about education/teachers’ unions/etc.  But there’s probably zero chance of that happening in this case.

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  3. Leslie Watkins Inactive
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    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    The United States Navy keeps trade routes open.

    Yes! Yes! The world of globalization is probably the biggest reason for U.S. involvement in foreign entanglements, which Peter Zeihan says is ending and will cause even greater disruptions around the world. (He also claims that China’s fate is sealed demographically and that negative birth rates as a result of their one-child policy will destroy their entire system within the next decade. [I remember Mark Steyn used to say that China would get old before it got rich.] Kind of like Hitler letting anti-Semitism destroy his dream by forcing the migration of their smartest scientists to the U.S.) For me, the worst thing about globalization is that the elites decided everything among themselves and never kept the promises they made to the rest of us. Again, Congress is a disgrace.

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  4. EJHill+ Podcaster
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    kedavisI think it’s been within the past year, or pretty close anyway, that a guest on the “Flagship” podcast engaged with members in these comments.

    And Troy Senik weeps, “How quickly they forget…”

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  5. RufusRJones Member
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    Leslie Watkins (View Comment):
    For me, the worst thing about globalization is that the elites decided everything among themselves and never kept the promises they made to the rest of us. Again, Congress is a disgrace.

    We did every single thing wrong in the face of the wage deflation and job destruction from automation and globalized labor. Now they are panicked about socialism and populism. Well, they did it to themselves. If you are going to create that much deflation, which is just natural because people want lower prices and more output per dollar, you have to make some big policy changes. They didn’t. 

    Trading with China was a huge mistake. They are nothing but mafia that wants to rip off their own people and the whole planet. What year should they have figured this out?

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  6. kedavis Coolidge
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    EJHill+ (View Comment):

    kedavis: I think it’s been within the past year, or pretty close anyway, that a guest on the “Flagship” podcast engaged with members in these comments.

    And Troy Senik weeps, “How quickly they forget…”

    He did so little compared to that other guest, I should be forgiven for not remembering his.

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  7. RufusRJones Member
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  8. Bishop Wash Member
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    Leslie Watkins (View Comment):

    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    The United States Navy keeps trade routes open.

    Yes! Yes! The world of globalization is probably the biggest reason for U.S. involvement in foreign entanglements, which Peter Zeihan says is ending and will cause even greater disruptions around the world. (He also claims that China’s fate is sealed demographically and that negative birth rates as a result of their one-child policy will destroy their entire system within the next decade. [I remember Mark Steyn used to say that China would get old before it got rich.] Kind of like Hitler letting anti-Semitism destroy his dream by forcing the migration of their smartest scientists to the U.S.) For me, the worst thing about globalization is that the elites decided everything among themselves and never kept the promises they made to the rest of us. Again, Congress is a disgrace.

    I’ve seen thoughts that things peak around 2027. India will pass them, if they already haven’t. That might be the time when a Taiwan reunification has to happen.

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  9. DrewInWisconsin, Oik Member
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  10. kedavis Coolidge
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    DrewInWisconsin, Oik (View Comment):

    Let’s see, Florida gets half the number of Javelin missiles sent to Ukraine…

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  11. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
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    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    The United States Navy keeps trade routes open.

    We should charge other nations for it. 

     

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  12. Miffed White Male Member
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    Goldwaterwoman (View Comment):
    Putin feels threatened by our not very subtle pushing Ukraine toward NATO and Europe. How can we blame him when NATO was created to deter Russia’s expansion?

    Does Russia have some kind of Divine Right of Expansion that I’ve never heard of?

    NATO was formed on that basis. He feels threatened by NATO.

    Countries with a lot of nuclear weapons have a lot of latitude to behave anyway they want.

    Your move.

    If my neighbors feel threatened that I’ll shoot them if they try to invade my house, that’s on them.

    That’s a very nice theory. Putin shouldn’t think like that, should he?

    The alternative is what, give him whatever he wants, Or Else Nukes?

    The question was the encroachment of NATO. It didn’t net out. You can say it should have all you want.

     

    It’s not really encroaching unless NATO crossed the border INTO Russia, which never happened. Russia DID cross the border into Ukraine, though.

    That’s a nice theory that Putin doesn’t have to believe in because he has nuclear weapons. He should behave better.

    What’s the difference between that and the Monroe Doctrine? I’m seriously asking because I’m not an expert.

    The difference is that we’re the good guys. We never invade anyone. Well, we do, but it’s OK when we do it.

    I know you’re trying to be sarcastic, but yeah.  

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  13. psmith Inactive
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    I just canceled my subscription to the AEI Banter podcast.

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  14. DrewInWisconsin, Oik Member
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    psmith (View Comment):

    I just canceled my subscription to the AEI Banter podcast.

    Good. AEI is a friend to globalists, not Americans. Your job has gone overseas? Hey, learn to code! (And you can program the robots that’ll take your jobs!)

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  15. ToryWarWriter Coolidge
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    I am glad @jameslileks pushed back despite our disagreements on this subject.

     

    I felt listening to her like she just got from Saigon in 73 from an interview with Van Thieu.  

    If she is any indication of the people running things and I believe she is, we are in deep do do.

     

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  16. ToryWarWriter Coolidge
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    BDB (View Comment):

    I also disagree with her prescription that “the more clear we make the consequences, the less likely” wrt Russian nukes. We should be vague and ready, not committed. All that does is tie our own hands. As if Putin were stupid and somehow unaware that the most powerful country on the planet prefers he not nuke Ukraine. Or anywhere else, for that matter. If we promise/threaten specific responses, that gives Putin a roadmap to manipulate us. It’s breathtaking.

    She’s living in some academic bubble, all logic and contracts. That’s not how this works at all. She sounds 100% State Department (I do recall her bio from the intro).

     

    Can you imagine if she were in an interview with the two of us?  I feel their would be a disconnection pretty quick.

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  17. ToryWarWriter Coolidge
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    Also only a complete fool still believes that the German Green party is still pacifistic.  They are the hardest of Neo-cons.  Completely captured party.

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