The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

GTFO with Anti-Progressive Leftism, Taiwan Nukes, the Military Power Fallacy, the meaning of Kim Jong Un's Restraint | Ep. 56

Episode Summary

There's NOTHING progressive about working with the MAGA right. Why the arguments for US military superiority keep changing but the demand stays the same. Also this episode: Does Taiwan need nukes? Why did Kim Jong Un publicly restrain his military from attacking the South? And what's wrong with imagining Korea as a maritime defense perimeter?

Episode Notes

There's NOTHING progressive about working with the MAGA right.  Why the arguments for US military superiority keep changing but the demand stays the same.  Also this episode: Does Taiwan need nukes?  Why did Kim Jong Un publicly restrain his military from attacking the South?  And what's wrong with imagining Korea as a maritime defense perimeter?

Yakov Feygin Tweet: https://twitter.com/BuddyYakov/status/1276219280816656385

Dan Nexon Tweet: https://twitter.com/dhnexon/status/1275601160381104131

Weijia Jiang Tweet: https://twitter.com/weijia/status/1275422015059615750?s=21

Tom McTague on American decline: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/america-image-power-trump/613228/

Contributors: Pete McKenzie, Gaby Magnuson, Ciara Mitchell, Jake Dellow