The Pentagon versus Deterrence, Pompeo's War, US-China Conspiracy Theories, Beijing's Hegemony on the Cheap | Ep. 41 episode artwork

EPISODE · Mar 26, 2020 · 38 MIN

The Pentagon versus Deterrence, Pompeo's War, US-China Conspiracy Theories, Beijing's Hegemony on the Cheap | Ep. 41

from The Un-Diplomatic Podcast · host Van Jackson

Why does the Pentagon keep getting deterrence wrong?  Why is Mike Pompeo threatening the families of staff who work for the International Criminal Court?  And what makes Russia so different from China?  Also this episode: the danger of US-China conspiracy theories; why China's bid for hegemony involves a lot of cheap talk; white supremacy in the military; and the inhumanity and anti-strategy of sanctioning Iran amid the coronavirus.  Mehdi Hasan on Iran: https://theintercept.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-iran-sanctions/Daniel Larison on Iraq: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/we-have-lost-in-iraq-and-we-should-leave/Matt Zeitlin's Tweet: https://twitter.com/MattZeitlin/status/1239024271877439489Matt Korda's Tweet: https://twitter.com/mattkorda/status/1239968570043289606Gerry Doyle's Tweet: https://twitter.com/mgerrydoyle/status/1240085453690130438

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Why does the Pentagon keep getting deterrence wrong? Why is Mike Pompeo threatening the families of staff who work for the International Criminal Court? And what makes Russia so different from China? Also this episode: the danger of US-China conspiracy theories; why China's bid for hegemony involves a lot of cheap talk; white supremacy in the military; and the inhumanity and anti-strategy of sanctioning Iran amid the coronavirus.

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