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In this special episode of The More Freedom Foundation Podcast, host Rob Morris welcomes back Sean McFadden for a wide-ranging and provocative discussion that begins with Afghanistan—and what it reveals about the failures of modern geopolitical thinking.
Using Afghanistan as a real-world case study, they explore how outdated theories from figures like Halford Mackinder continue to be treated as authoritative despite being repeatedly disproven by history. The conversation expands to examine what the British Empire misunderstood, what the United States is getting wrong today, and how the European Union continues to operate under flawed strategic assumptions.
This episode challenges long-held orthodoxies and asks why discredited ideas still shape policy—and what the cost is when history’s lessons are ignored.
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In this special episode of The More Freedom Foundation Podcast, host Rob Morris welcomes back Sean McFadden for a wide-ranging and provocative discussion that begins with Afghanistan—and what it reveals about the failures of modern geopolitical thinking.
Using Afghanistan as a real-world case study, they explore how outdated theories from figures like Halford Mackinder continue to be treated as authoritative despite being repeatedly disproven by history. The conversation expands to examine what the British Empire misunderstood, what the United States is getting wrong today, and how the European Union continues to operate under flawed strategic assumptions.
This episode challenges long-held orthodoxies and asks why discredited ideas still shape policy—and what the cost is when history’s lessons are ignored.

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