Credo of the pod: "to tell the truth as he sees it, and so to keep watch and ward in the interest of society as a whole." But with f-bombs #undiplomatic

I had a fantastic talk on all things problematic in the defence and IR intellectual world with Van Jackson from the @UnDiplomaticPod (among many other things) on my latest episode of Official Positions! Be sure to check out all of Van’s stuff! https://t.co/NeBSr51BSi

Did a livestream for the latest episode of the pod! --RAND Corporation just cut 11% of staff. --CIA is (maybe) rethinking China. --China decoupling. --Graham Platner’s tattoo-Gate. --Steve Bannon says Trump will be president in 2028, despite it being unconstitutional.

Did a livestream for the latest episode of the pod! --RAND Corporation just cut 11% of staff. --CIA is (maybe) rethinking China. --China decoupling. --Graham Platner’s tattoo-Gate. --Steve Bannon says Trump will be president in 2028, despite it being unconstitutional.

Oligarchy, economic insecurity, and the trillion-dollar war machine: Threat inflation about China keeps all of it going

https://t.co/4ISSHPEsvc

"The challenge for public intellectuals in this moment is to explain how crazy things are without sounding like a raving fucking lunatic"

Amazing talk to the great Jamie Merchant. We get into the inadequacy of thinking like a policymaker, the decline and decay of the “progressive managerial state,” Hobson's theory of imperialism, and so much more

"The challenge for public intellectuals in this moment is to explain how crazy things are without sounding like a raving fucking lunatic"

New episode 🚨! --Hegseth’s fat-generals theory of war. --NSPM-7 is a war on the left. --Gaza Flotilla targeted by Israel, in violation of international law. --Trump wants a soybean deal w/ China—the makings of a new detente, but with corrupt, elite-serving foundations.

Good stuff from @RealVanJackson The Nation(-State) Has Forsaken You... https://t.co/Xiuc5xXH04

@kenklippenstein “The state form is not looking after its citizens. It’s sucking up the resources of citizens and using them to repress citizens. It’s a violation of any social contract that justifies the way life is organized”

https://t.co/hDezp8nJ8M

One of the attributes of an era of imperial decline is what can at best be described as the state’s indifference to the safety of its own citizens.

https://t.co/1gIBKsDeVm

New episode 🚨! --Hegseth’s fat-generals theory of war. --NSPM-7 is a war on the left. --Gaza Flotilla targeted by Israel, in violation of international law. --Trump wants a soybean deal w/ China—the makings of a new detente, but with corrupt, elite-serving foundations.

The liberal international order was one giant exercise in rationalizing American power-hoarding while ignoring its consequences @RealVanJackson

MAGA is taking up many tasks that Dems needed to do. But because MAGA is a violent, counter-revolutionarymovement led by corrupt oligarchs, they are adapting to historical forces of change in ways that are violent, reactionary, corrupt, and oligarchic.

Can’t believe I’ve been on this podcast game for 6 years and counting

The only anti-imperialist film podcast hosted by military veterans!

@HeerJeet “Foreign policy elites are more like each other than they are like their fellow countrymen…there’s nobody weirder in America than the professional class of diplomats and policymakers and think tankers…”