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Israel, Palestine, and US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
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Israel, Palestine, and US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)

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(Overtime segment and American Prestige discount subscription link available to paid subscribers below the paywall.)

0:05 Nonzero/American Prestige cocktail with a hybrid episode twist
1:55 Was Hamas’s attack a predictable response to conditions in Gaza?
14:15 Did Biden’s foreign policy make the attack more likely?
24:52 America’s unstrategic Middle East strategy
30:07 Can anything good come out of the current crisis?
39:28 The Nonzero/American Prestige crossover arc
42:11 How to stay sane as a critic of US foreign policy
47:55 Biden vs Trump: Who’s the lesser evil on foreign policy?
51:44 Strains within the restrainer coalition
57:09 Is there any hope left for international law?
1:06:51 Bob’s pitch for (sober) AI alarmism
1:11:52 Heading to Overtime—and a special offer for listeners!

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True), Derek Davison (Foreign Exchanges, American Prestige, Discontents), and Daniel Bessner (American Prestige, University of Washington). Recorded October 05, 2023.

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Robert Wright's Nonzero
Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.