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0:00 Emma’s forthcoming book on US grand strategy
4:16 Gaza, Ukraine, and Mearsheimer’s realism
13:14 The DC establishment’s dark view of world affairs
24:19 How the Gaza war hurts American interests—and America itself
29:46 Is the time ripe for realism and restraint?
36:01 National problems that require international cooperation
49:35 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Emma Ashford (Stimson Center, Foreign Policy). Recorded August 14, 2024.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 How US behavior provoked a Russian backlash
4:32 The rising tide of China hawkism
18:33 Progressives’ retreat from realism
26:38 DC think tanks that resist the Blob
