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0:00 Steve’s books, The Hell of Good Intentions and The Israel Lobby
0:51 How Israel helped spawn Hezbollah
12:55 Why US leaders abet Israel’s self-destructive behavior
28:50 Netanyahu’s longstanding opposition to a Palestinian state
41:51 The Israeli policy that doomed Israel-Palestine relations
51:15 Steve’s writings on US foreign policy and the election
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Stephen Walt (Harvard University, Foreign Policy). Recorded August 26, 2024.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 Are Biden’s closest advisers crypto-neocons?
13:09 Steve’s view on China compared to Bob’s and John Mearsheimer’s
21:27 Is US-China conflict inevitable?
36:31 Why haven’t the wars in Gaza and Ukraine spiraled out of control?
