Fake 'peace through strength,' Mexico's election, A.I. hasn't changed War, D-Day's Legacy | Ep. 183

Van, Julia, and Matt discuss how to think about Biden's Gaza ceasefire deal. Why "peace through strength" is a chauvinist meme. A.I. is a violent grift that hasn't changed war. Mexico's election of Claudia Sheinbaum highlights a potential contradiction between industrial policy and geopolitics. Thinking about the meaning of D-Day in light of militarism today. William Hartung and Michael Brenes on A.I. and the War Industry: https://michaelbrenes.substack.com/p/better-defense-through-technologyJamaal Bowman on The Breakfast Club: https://www.un-diplomatic.com/p/white-supremacy-aipac-and-us-foreignRoger Wicker's peace-through-strength chauvinism: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/op... Brian Rathbun, Christopher Parker, and Caleb Pomeroy, "Separate but Unequal: Ethnocentrism and Racialization Explain the 'Democratic' Peace in Public Opinion": https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/separate-but-unequal-ethnocentrism-and-racialization-explain-the-democratic-peace-in-public-opinion/0BEEE1D2EC35BFD9EE6A8BA8E344643A