Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), one of the leading minds advocating for a radical rethinking of US foreign policy, sits down with Jenn for a conversation about what a “progressive” foreign policy would look like and how it would actually be applied in tough conflicts from Yemen to Iran to China.

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Rep. Khanna referenced 

Alexis De Tocqueville’s Democracy in America Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History?John Quincy Adams’ Warning Against the Search for “Monsters to Destroy”Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments And the writings of Katrina vanden Heuvel

Here are two pieces that provide more background on Yemen

More on Kissinger and realpolitik

The NYT op-ed by Masuda Sultan that Khanna referenced

Guest:

US Congressman Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna), representing Silicon Valley's CA17

Host:Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox

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