On The National Interest.

Aufhebunga Bunga co-founder and contributing editor Phil Cunliffe joins us to talk about his new book about politics after the age of globalisation. We ask questions about his book – and then put him on trial for wrongthink.

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Who is the 'national interest' good for? Is it a domestic or a foreign policy concern?

Why did the 'national interest' disappear from our political vocabulary?

Is the national interest an abstraction anyone can rhetorically claim? Is that not dangerous?

What happens if leading politicians – or elites in general – adopt the national interest? Would this be good or bad?

Will Trump's re-assertion of US interests push others to defend theirs?

Does the national interest stand against class interests? Is this anti-socialist?

Was Stalin-style socialism-in-one-country actually correct? Has Phil come around to supporting Roosevelt-style social democracy?

Links:

The National Interest: Politics After Globalization, Philip Cunliffe, Polity