Civil Discord

Episode 13: Foreign Policy is Dead, Long Live Foreign Policy

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This week, we start with Afghanistan and move on to our broader critiques of U.S. foreign policy (and its discontents!). Maurice is an anarchist. Amanda is a civil libertarian, a Zionist, and a recovering neo-con. We thought it would be interesting to talk through recent events and see where we agreed—and diverged. 

 

We Discuss:

  • The nuances of the non-aggression principle
  • What does the NAP look like when you’re pulling out of a country you invaded? 
  • Was the mission in Afghanistan always doomed? If not, what doomed it?
  • Trying to work nation-state institutions into a city-state paradigm 
  • Forever wars, isolationism, and false binaries
  • Why great power competition matters
  • The cases for and against bases (in foreign countries)

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