The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

US Pacific Hypocrisy in Guam, Capital Loves Ethnonationalism, Taiwan-sanity, Jiu Jitsu v. IR | Ep. 124

Episode Summary

Why self-determination for Guam is better strategy than persisting as an American colony. Why oligarchic concentrations of wealth in the US and China need ethnonationalism...and why that's dangerous. The Atlantic Council scandal. Are we in a new Taiwan Strait crisis? Clarifying the #NotAMarxist thing. And what Brazilian jiu jitsu can and can't do for international relations.

Episode Notes

Why self-determination for Guam is better strategy than persisting as an American colony. Why oligarchic concentrations of wealth in the US and China need ethnonationalism...and why that's dangerous. The Atlantic Council scandal. Are we in a new Taiwan Strait crisis? Clarifying the #NotAMarxist thing. And what Brazilian jiu jitsu can and can't do for international relations. 

Contributors: Hunter Marston, Celia McDowall, Gaby Magnuson

Lev Nachman Tweet: https://twitter.com/lnachman32/status/1553480322695811073

Daniel Denvir Tweet: https://twitter.com/DanielDenvir/status/1554511916487397377

Sayaca Chatani Tweet: https://twitter.com/SayakaChatani/status/1545346494601244673?t=naUanTNn1Lp1UEwZhhARPw&s=19

Christian Davies Tweet: https://twitter.com/crsdavies/status/1541596433299546113?s=20&t=QV_Wff9yeisoIF0jvU2ZvQ

Nikhil Pal Singh article: https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2022/06/america-new-civil-war-crisis-industrial-complex

Guam Decolonization Report: https://decol.guam.gov/wp-decol-content/uploads/2021/12/Decolonization-Newspaper-Insert-DIGITAL.pdf