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On this episode we are joined by Stephen Wertheim, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Evelyn Farkas, Executive Director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University, to discuss the likelihood of US military strikes on Iran, America’s Greenland annexation plans, and Chinese military drills off the coast of Taiwan.

On this episode of the Time of Monsters, Jeet Heer is joined by Stephen Wertheim to discuss how 'America First' went from rhetoric to policy.--During his first term in office, Donald Trump often talked about his radical America First agenda but in practice his foreign policy was that of a conventional Republican hawk. Just five weeks into his second term, there has been a marked shift. As Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, recently noted in The Guardian, Trump 2.0 is marked by a turn toward a foreign policy that is much more focused on the Western Hemisphere and away from Europe and more geared toward tariffs as a weapon of economic warfare. In other words, Trump has now found advisers who are willing to implement the core strategy of America First in a real way.This shift has frightened many American allies, particularly the NATO countries and Mexico. Yet mixed with Trump's advocacy of a new Manifest Destiny have been welcome indications that his administration will be more open to negotiating with Russia, Iran and perhaps even China.To make sense Trump's conflicting foreign policy messages and actions, I was happy to talk to Stephen Wertheim, who shares my belief that we need to distinguish between Trump's rhetoric and his actions.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

During his first term in office, Donald Trump often talked about his radical America First agenda but in practice his foreign policy was that of a conventional Republican hawk. Just five weeks into his second term, there has been a marked shift. As Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, recently noted in The Guardian, Trump 2.0 is marked by a turn towards a foreign policy that is much more focused on the Western hemisphere and away from Europe and more geared towards tariffs as a weapon of economic warfare. In other words, Trump has now found advisors who are willing to implement the core strategy of America First in a real way. This shift has frightened many American allies, particularly the NATO countries and Mexico. Yet mixed with Trump's advocacy of a new manifest destiny have been welcome indications his administration will be more open to negotiating with Russia, Iran and perhaps even China.To make sense Trump's conflicting foreign policy messages and actions, I was happy to talk to Stephen Wertheim, who shares my belief that we need to distinguish between Trump's rhetoric and his actions. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week's episode of then & now is part of an occasional series exploring the past, present, and future of U.S. foreign policy and the U.S.-led international order with guest host Dr. Ben Zdencanovic. Joined by Dr. Stephen Wertheim, Senior Fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, we critically examine the far-reaching implications for U.S. foreign policy during the second Trump administration. Stephen characterizes Trump's foreign policy as unpredictable and a departure from traditional diplomatic norms. Specifically, he notes Trump's avowedly “America First” action and rhetoric, using tariffs seemingly for negotiation purposes rather than as an economic measure and bringing the right-wing culture war to the federal workforce, which has resulted in a partial bureaucratic dismantling. Stephen warns that this approach and Trump's routine bluffs raise concerns about the long-term impact on the U.S.'s global standing and our relationships with allies. Ben Zdencanovic is a Postdoctoral Associate at the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy. Ben is a historian of the United States in the world, domestic and international politics, and economic and social policy. He has a particular interest in the relationship between U.S. global power and the politics of redistribution and welfare state. Ben earned his doctorate with distinction from the Department of History at Yale in 2019, where his dissertation was the winner of the Edwin W. Small Prize for outstanding work in United States history. Prior to coming to UCLA, Ben was a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale Jackson School for Global Affairs and an Assistant Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago.   Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A historian of U.S. foreign policy, he analyzes contemporary problems in American strategy and diplomacy. Wertheim has published scholarly research on a range of subjects and concepts in U.S. foreign policy from the late nineteenth century to the present. He is the author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy (Harvard University Press, 2020), a Foreign Affairs book of the year, which reveals how the United States decided to pursue global military dominance as an effectively perpetual project. Named one of “the world's 50 top thinkers for the Covid-19 age” by Prospect magazine, Wertheim regularly comments on current events.Further ReadingWhat will Trump 2.0 mean for the global world order?

This week on the Bear Market BriefWhere does the US stand in the world as Trump (re)assumes office? How is his approach towards Ukraine shaping up? Stephen Wertheim, Senior Fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Aaron Schwartzbaum to explore the broader context and drivers of how policy towards Russia will, and will not, be made.Read Stephen's latest piece for Foreign Affairs here.This episode was recorded on December 20, 2024. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fpriinsights.substack.com

Where does the US stand in the world as Trump (re)assumes office? How is his approach towards Ukraine shaping up? Stephen Wertheim, Senior Fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joins Aaron Schwartzbaum to explore the broader context and drivers of how policy towards Russia will, and will not, be made.Read Stephen's latest piece for Foreign Affairs here.This episode was recorded on December 20, 2024.Explore more from the Bear Market Brief Podcast here

Stephen Wertheim joins as a guest in the Un-Diplomatic Podcast's special livestream edition. He discusses two of his latest pieces, in the Financial Times and Global Asia magazine respectively. The chat includes thoughts about NATO in Asia, the unreliability of US commitments, how the Democratic Party has ceded peace narratives to Trump, and the romantic views of US power that leads European and Asian powers to think they're free-riding when they're really setting themselves up for a trap. "It's time for Europe's magical thinking on defence to end": https://on.ft.com/4iSWlkf "Asia Should Encourage ‘Trump the Peacemaker'": https://www.globalasia.org/v19no4/cover/asia-should-encourage-trump-the-peacemaker_stephen-wertheim Subscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com/ Catch Un-Diplomatic on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/undiplomaticpodcast

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With Donald Trump returning to the White House, the future of the transatlantic alliance hangs in the balance. Europe Inside Out's new host Rym Momtaz is joined by Sophia Besch and Christopher Shell to unpack the reasons behind his victory and its implications for EU-U.S. relations.[00:00:00] Intro, [00:01:52] Interviews with Voters in the United States [00:10:52] The Reasons Behind Trump's Victory [00:20:59] The Election's Impact on EU-U.S. Relations [00:27:54] The Future of the Transatlantic Relationship.Rym Momtaz et al., November 7, 2024, “Taking the Pulse: Can Europeans Significantly Reduce Their Security Reliance on the United States?” Strategic Europe, Carnegie Europe.Rym Momtaz, September 17, 2024, “Europe's Choice: Adapt or Atrophy,” Strategic Europe, Carnegie Europe.Sophia Besch, Liana Fix, November 7, 2024, “Europe Does Not Have the Luxury to Panic Over Trump's Election,”, Emissary, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Sophia Besch, Christopher S. Chivvis, Stephen Wertheim, October 24, 2024, “Will America's Next President Bring Real Change in Foreign Policy?” The World Unpacked, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Christopher Shell, October 24, 2024, “Race, Foreign Policy, and the 2024 Presidential Election,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.Christopher Shell, October 11, 2024, “How Do Americans Feel About the Election and Foreign Policy?” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Danny and Derek welcome back to the program Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, this time to talk about foreign policy and the election. They discuss the professionalization of the Democrats, the Harris campaign's decision to ally themselves with the likes of the Cheney family, national security FP, Trump as the "peace candidate", how defense spending might exceed $1 trillion going forward, the fate of Ukraine, Israel/Palestine/Lebanon, and more. Subscribe now for the full episode and more content! Grab a copy of Stephen's book Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy.

Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Brandan P. Buck, research fellow at the Cato Institute, discuss the impact of foreign policy in Trump's electoral victory, whether Democrats will rethink their foreign policy agenda following their losses, what changes Trump might make with respect to the wars in Europe and the Middle East and towards China, among other topics. Show NotesChristopher S. Chivvis and Stephen Wertheim, “America's Foreign Policy Inertia,” Foreign Affairs, October 14, 2024Brandan P. Buck, “Harris Embrace of Cheney Goes Back to World War I,” Responsible Statecraft, October 22, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this special episode of On the Nose—recorded live on November 4th at McNally Jackson Books in Manhattan—Jewish Currents senior reporter Alex Kane hosts a discussion about foreign policy and the 2024 presidential election. Historian Stephen Wertheim, Arab American Institute executive director Maya Berry, and national security reporter Spencer Ackerman discuss Donald Trump's and Kamala Harris's foreign policy visions, regional war in the Middle East, and the bipartisan consensus on upholding US empire. Thanks to Jesse Brenneman for producing and to Nathan Salsburg for the use of his song “VIII (All That Were Calculated Have Passed).Further Reading:“Some Muslim Americans moving to Jill Stein in potential blow to Kamala Harris,” Andrea Shalal, Reuters“New Poll Finds Arab American Voters Evenly Divided in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Arab American InstituteReign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump by Spencer Ackerman“How Kamala Harris Should Put America First — for Real,” Stephen Werheim, The New York Times“America's Foreign Policy Inertia,” Stephen Wertheim and Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs

Why is meaningful change in U.S. foreign policy is so difficult to achieve? This question is especially relevant with the U.S. presidential election just weeks away now, and analysts and policy makers all over the world are discussing how a Trump or Harris presidency might shift American foreign policy in the years to come.But how likely is it that we will see meaningful change at all? Historically, it has been incredibly challenging for presidential administrations to break away from entrenched foreign policy paths —even when the need for change seems obvious. Presidencies often start with a declaration of pivots and major strategic reorientation, these then get ground down by powerful bureaucracy, political pressures and human tendency to preserve the status quo. When change does happen, leaders often pay a high political price for it. Take, for instance, the example of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. In the end, it took two decades and much internal pushback before President Biden was able to officially make this happen - even though the decision had long had significant public support. In this week's episode, Sophia Besch sits down with Christopher Chivvis and Stephen Wertheim to discuss their research that dissects how strategic foreign policy change does happen despite pressures to maintain the status quo—and  what it would take for the next American president to enact such a change.Notes:Christopher S. Chivvis et al., Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September 24, 2024.Stephen Wertheim, "How Kamala Harris Should Put America First—for Real," New York Times, October 21, 2024.Christopher S. Chivvis and Stephen Wertheim, "America's Foreign Policy Inertia: How the Next President Can Make Change in a System Built to Resist It," Foreign Affairs, October 14, 2024.Rebecca Friedman Lissner, "Wars of Revelation: The Transformative Effects of Military Intervention on Grand Strategy," Oxford University Press, 2021.

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AP champion Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, returns for a discussion of his recent piece for Carnegie, “Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy.” The group muses on the difficulty of altering established foreign policy paradigms before delving into several case studies such as NSC-68, Nixon's Vietnam Withdrawal, Carter's Failed Korea Withdrawal, NATO Enlargement, and the Global War on Terror, emphasizing the need for foresight, strategic planning, and a willingness to incur political costs to make such change possible.Check out the companion piece to this episode, Rethinking U.S. World Power w/ Michael Brenes and Stephen Wertheim. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe

On this episode of American Prestige, champion Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, returns for a discussion of his recent piece for Carnegie, “Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy.” The group muses on the difficulty of altering established foreign policy paradigms before delving into several case studies such as NSC-68, Nixon's Vietnam Withdrawal, Carter's Failed Korea Withdrawal, NATO Enlargement, and the Global War on Terror, emphasizing the need for foresight, strategic planning, and a willingness to incur political costs to make such change possible.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Emma Ashford, senior fellow at the Stimson Center, discusses recent escalations in the Ukraine war, the costs to the United States and European partners of supporting Kyiv, the effect of the conflict on Russia's economy, the problems with Biden's strategy, why it's unlikely Ukraine can achieve total victory, the timing of ceasefire diplomacy and peace talks, how early negotiations proved the significance of Ukraine's neutrality as a core issue of the war, the wayward mission of NATO and the future of the alliance, and why it's not in US interests to bring Ukraine into NATO, among other issues.Show NotesEmma Ashford, “Testing Assumptions About the War in Ukraine,” Stimson Center Policy Memo, May 23, 2024Emma Ashford, Joshua Shifrinson, Stephen Wertheim, “What Does America Want in Ukraine,” Foreign Policy, May 8, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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11 maggio 2024 - Henry Huiyao Wang e Stephen Wertheim

10 maggio 2024 - Federico Petroni e Stephen Wertheim

On this episode of Security Dilemma, we have our first return guest on the show - Dr. Stephen Wertheim. Patrick Carver Fox and John Allen Gay joined him at his offices at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to discuss Ukraine, NATO, restraint, "retrenchment" and the foreign policy implications of the 2024 elections. After the release of this episode, Dr. Wertheim released an essay in Foreign Policy on Ukraine, so you can check that out as well! Tune in for a great episode!

Laura Canali"Fine della guerra"Festival LimesPalazzo Ducale, GenovaDa venerdì 11 a domenica 13 maggio 2024www.limesonline.comL'undicesimo appuntamento – “Fine della guerra. La politica senza fine sabota la geopolitica” – si tiene il 10-12 maggio 2024 a Genova, Palazzo Ducale.La Guerra Grande che infuria nel mondo si combatte senza fini, intesi al maschile e al femminile. Cioè senza scopi strategici né limiti di spaziotempo. Dunque con approccio a-strategico e totalizzante all'uso dello strumento militare, pericoloso perché incurante degli effetti che produce.A farne le spese è la tradizionale concezione della guerra come mezzo in vista di una pace vantaggiosa, sostituita da conflitti senza scopo definito e dunque potenzialmente infiniti, perché fini a sé stessi. Ieri la “guerra al terrore” combattuta da Stati Uniti e alleati con enorme dispendio di risorse economico-militari e di capitale politico. Oggi il conflitto ucraino, guerra d'attrito in cui il “vincitore” può finire distrutto come e più dello “sconfitto”.Queste guerre (in)finite sono sempre meno governabili, perché producono dinamiche autonome o comunque refrattarie ai soggetti che le scatenano e alle loro intenzioni originarie. Così la guerra economica combattuta a colpi di sanzioni, che stratificandosi generano forme di adattamento agli embarghi semi-permanenti.Attraverso l'analisi geopolitica, l'undicesimo Festival di Limes intende esplorare modi per prevenire e disinnescare questa deriva.L'ingresso è libero e senza prenotazione fino a esaurimento posti. Gli eventi del Festival possono essere seguiti in streaming su questo sito e sul nostro canale YouTube ai seguenti link: Venerdì 10 maggioOre 17.00 – Inaugurazione mostra cartografica "Linee spezzate. Vecchi e nuovi confini" – con Laura Canali. Ore 18.00 – Guerre per la pace e guerre per la guerra – con Lucio Caracciolo.Ore 21.00 – America contro America – con Federico Petroni e Stephen Wertheim.  Sabato 11 maggioOre 10.00 – Deglobalizzazione: l'economia come arma – con Cinzia Bianco e Francesco Giavazzi; modera Fabrizio Maronta.Ore 11.30 – La fine della politica – con Alessandro Colombo e Marco Follini; modera Lucio Caracciolo.Ore 15.00 – Usa contro Cina: come travestire la guerra infinita – con Henry Huiyao Wang e Stephen Wertheim; modera Giorgio Cuscito. Ore 16.30 – Guerre della transizione egemonica: come finire il conflitto in Ucraina – con Łukasz Adamski, Orietta Moscatelli e Fulvio Scaglione; modera Mirko Mussetti. Ore 17.45 – Visita guidata alla mostra "Linee spezzate. Vecchi e nuovi confini" – con Laura Canali.Ore 18.30 – Dov'è la vittoria: le guerre mediorientali dopo Gaza – con Antonella Caruso, Abdolrasool Divsallar e Meir Elran; modera Daniele Santoro.Ore 21.00 – Attualità di Sunzi: vincere (o non perdere) senza combattere – con Fabio Mini e Henry Huiyao Wang; modera Giorgio Cuscito. Domenica 12 maggioOre 10.30 – L'Europa senza America – con Magnus Christiansson, Giuseppe Cucchi, Michael Lüders e Pierre-Emmanuel Thomann; modera Federico Petroni.Ore 12.00 – Come prevenire i conflitti: geopolitica, economia e diplomazia – con Lucio Caracciolo, Germano Dottori ed Ettore Sequi; modera Piero Schiavazzi. Ore 15.30 – Guerra e storia: usi e abusi reciproci – con Virgilio Ilari e Luca Iori; modera Lucio Caracciolo.Ore 15.45 – Visita guidata alla mostra "Linee spezzate. Vecchi e nuovi confini" – con Laura Canali.Ore 17.00 – Le guerre d'Africa – con Mario Giro, Rahmane Idrissa e Gildas Lemarchand; modera Lorenzo Di Muro. Ore 18.30 – A-social media, impigliati nella Rete – con Alessandro Aresu, Giuseppe De Ruvo e Tal Pavel; modera Agnese Rossi. IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Since Derek is out of town, an unsupervised Danny welcomes back AP friends Michael Brenes, co-director of the Brady-Johnson program in grand strategy at Yale University and publisher of Warfare and Welfare, and Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss the new volume Danny and Michael edited, Rethinking U.S. World Power: Domestic Histories of U.S. Foreign Relations. They talk about the current tenor in DC around foreign policy, the degree to which domestic factors affect U.S. decisions therein, and how their careers thus far have shaped their thinking. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe

On this episode of American Prestige, Michael Brenes and Stephen discuss the new volume Danny and Michael edited, Rethinking U.S. World Power: Domestic Histories of U.S. Foreign Relations. They talk about the current tenor in DC around foreign policy, the degree to which domestic factors affect U.S. decisions therein, and how their careers thus far have shaped their thinking.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss whether and where the United States should be less involved in the world. This episode is the first in a special The President's Inbox series on U.S. grand strategy.   Mentioned on the Episode    Stephen Wertheim, “Internationalism/Isolationism: Concepts of American Global Power [PDF],” in Rethinking U.S. World Power: Domestic Histories of U.S. Foreign Relations, ed. Daniel Bessner and Michael Brenes   Stephen Wertheim, Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy    Stephen Wertheim, "Why America Can't Have It All: Washington Must Choose Between Primacy and Prioritizing," Foreign Affairs   For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President's Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/new-us-grand-strategy-case-us-retrenchment-overseas-stephen-wertheim 

Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, discusses the lack of strategic focus in the Biden administration's foreign policy and argues that genuine prioritization requires retrenchment. The U.S. should draw down from Europe and the Middle East, he argues, and step away from formal security commitments there in order to avoid getting entangled in conflicts where U.S. interests are not vital. He also discusses Biden's maladroit approach to East Asian security, particularly Taiwan, the failure of his "democracy vs autocracy" rhetoric, and the prospects for a negotiated resolution to the war in Ukraine, among other topics. Show NotesStephen Wertheim bioStephen Wertheim, "Why America Can't Have it All," Foreign Affairs, February 14, 2024Stephen Wertheim, "Biden's Democracy-Defense Credo Does Not Serve U.S. Interests," The Atlantic, January 23, 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ryan and Zachary look at how interest groups representing Ukrainians, Iraqis, Israelis, and others have often lobbied for US intervention in foreign wars that in no way benefit the American population overall. Be sure to follow War, Economy, and State at https://Mises.org/WES. Additional Resources "Get the US Out of the Middle East" by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/WES_14_A "The Liberty Movement's Pro-War Fifth Column" by Ted Galen Carpenter: https://Mises.org/WES_14_B George Washington's Farewell Address: https://Mises.org/WES_14_C "America Has No Duty to Rule the World" by Daniel Bessner: https://Mises.org/WES_14_D Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy by Stephen Wertheim: https://Mises.org/WES_14_E "The Left Is Now Telling Us (Ukrainian) Nazis Aren't So Bad After All" by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/WES_14_F "Armed Neutrality Is the Only Moral Foreign Policy" by Ryan McMaken: https://Mises.org/WES_14_G

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The deadly Russian missile attack on a busy restaurant in Ukraine this week has left the country reeling, and the pressure is on NATO allies to start forging a proper route towards permanent security guarantees for Ukraine. President Zelensky this week stepped up calls for an invitation to join the alliance, and the critical question of whether to proceed will dominate NATO's summit in Vilnius in two weeks' time. Anders Fogh Rasmussen is the former secretary general of NATO and a former prime minister of Denmark, now advising the government in Kyiv, and he believes all of Europe's security would be strengthened by inviting Ukraine into the alliance. Historian and author Stephen Wertheim represents a different view, recently arguing in The New York Times that “Ukraine's best path to peace is to be well armed and supported outside NATO.” They join the show to discuss.  Also on today's show: former tennis champion Billie Jean King; author Darrin Bell To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

There is no better time than now for the United States to start shifting responsibility for European security to where it belongs: Europe. While European states don't necessarily disagree, there's a lot of trepidation for change, given the war in Ukraine, the predominance of U.S. weapons and leadership, and the long-unused European defense muscle. But one thing is certain, the U.S. can't necessarily keep its focus on Europe while saber-rattling for conflict with China.To talk about these dynamics and more, Stephen Wertheim, a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace scholar, joins us this week. He explains why the major European powers have the wherewithal to do it, they just have to muster the will — and Washington has to be marshaled to let go, too.In the first segment, Kelley and Dan talk about Israel's latest moves to finally annex the West Bank for good.More from Stephen Wertheim:Joining NATO won't keep the peace in Ukraine, New York Times, 6/16/23  Europe Must Step up, Foreign Affairs, with Emma Ashford, Joshua Shifrinson, 5/22/23 Iraq and the Pathologies of Primacy: The Flawed Logic That Produced the War Is Alive and Well, Foreign Affairs, 3/17/23 WWII Begins with Forgetting, New York Times, 12/22/22 Tomorrow the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy, Harvard University Press, 2020. Thank you for reading Crashing the War Party. This post is public so feel free to share it.Thanks for reading Crashing the War Party! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit crashingthewarparty.substack.com

How important is the war in Ukraine for the United States? What should Washington do about it? Stephen Wertheim drops by to share some options for your consideration.Learn more about Stephen's book Tomorrow, the World Subscribe to the Bear Market Brief newsletter

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The Biden administration's foreign-policy agenda during its first two years in office has been marked by Russia's war in Ukraine, increased tensions with China, the botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and several other pressing issues.  At roughly the halfway point of his first term, it's a good time to ask: How has U.S. President Joe Biden performed on foreign policy? Is there an emerging Biden Doctrine?  FP Live host Ravi Agrawal spoke to experts on both sides of the aisle for answers. Nadia Schadlow is a former deputy national security advisor in the Trump administration and now serves as a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. Stephen Wertheim is a historian of U.S. foreign policy and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The two disagree on how to assess Biden but probably not in the way you might expect.

Chris, Zack, and Melanie get together to talk about a new assessment of President Biden's foreign policy two years into his administration. Using “A Better Biden Doctrine” by Stephen Wertheim and Matthew Duss as the foundation, the team looks at how well Biden has kept the foreign policy promises he made on the campaign trail, whether he has made incremental or fundamental changes, and what he might be able to accomplish in the next two years. They also consider what policies progressives might hope are given more attention the rest of this term. Chris and Zack have complaints about negligent handling of classified materials by high level officials and the excuses for it, and Melanie gives a shout out to Canada for some new defense initiatives. Episode Reading: https://warontherocks.com/2023/01/looking-back-at-president-bidens-foreign-policy

How's Biden doing on foreign policy?  Where is the "Biden doctrine" going wrong?  Matt Duss and Stephen Wertheim--leading voices in progressive foreign policy--come on the pod to hit all the issues with Van and Kate--Ukraine-Russia, a disastrous defense strategy, Iran, Saudi-Yemen war, China, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism, and more. Matt and Stephen's essay in The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/169598/better-biden-doctrineNewsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.comBuy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/undiplomatic

Good news is easier to notice if you consider the alternatives. On Monday, the Biden offered “unwavering” support of Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the aftermath of an right-wing coup. It's easier to imagine earlier presidents, not just Republicans like Donald Trump but also Democrats like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, taking a very different stand when a socialist government in Latin America is facing a right-wing attempt at regime change.In a recent article in The New Republic, Matthew Duss and Stephen Wertheim note that the rising progressive movement in the Democratic Party has usefully pushed Biden to partially move beyond the failed policies of the past. This can be seen especially in the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the retreat from drone warfare. But there's still much work to be done, with USA foreign policy still to militarized.For the latest episode of The Time of Monsters podcast, I talked to Duss and Wertheim about Biden's foreign policy record. Duss is a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders. Wertheim is also affiliated with Carnegie, where he is a senior fellow. He's the author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy. Subscribe to The Nation to support all of our podcasts: thenation.com/podcastsubscribe. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Stephen Wertheim and Matt Duss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace analyze President Joe Biden's foreign policy performance two years into his administration. They discuss US policies on Ukraine, Russia, on the use of economic sanctions, the war in Yemen, the stalled Iran deal, the politics of progressive foreign policy, and more.Show NotesStephen Wertheim bioMatthew Duss bioMatthew Duss and Stephen Wertheim, “A Better Biden Doctrine,” The New Republic, January 4, 2023.Stephen Wertheim, “World War III Begins with Forgetting,” The New York Times, December 2, 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Danny and Derek welcome back Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss his new article in Foreign Affairs, “The Crisis in Progressive Foreign Policy”. They discuss DC's rhetoric around Ukraine, the schisms within “progressive” foreign policy, Joe Biden and Taiwan, and more. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.americanprestigepod.com/subscribe

Is progressive foreign policy in crisis? Stephen Wertheim, author of Tomorrow the World: The Birth of U.S.Global Supremacy doesn't really think so, but he does recognize a serious debate between progressives who want to actively promote democracy and confront global authoritarianism, and those who believe such efforts could entangle the U.S. in conflicts that are averse to national interests. These divisions have been put into stark contrast during today's war in Ukraine. Dan and Kelley talk to Stephen about that, and a possible war with China over Taiwan. In the first segment, our hosts discuss a new Senate bill that could make a great power conflict in the Asia Pacific more of a reality.More from Stephen Wertheim:The Crisis in Progressive Foreign Policy -- Foreign Affairs, 8/24/22Is America Overextending Itself? -- Q&A, Foreign Policy, 8/24/22The Ukraine Temptation -- Foreign Affairs, 4/12/22 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit crashingthewarparty.substack.com

Foreign Policy recommends: Global Reboot "Should the United States Step Up or Back Off?"This week on FP Playlist, we feature the last episode of season two of Global Reboot, a podcast by Foreign Policy, in partnership with the Doha Forum. FP editor in chief Ravi Agrawal sits down with political scientist Stephen Wertheim to discuss the United States' role in the world. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

For much of the 20th century, the United States has toggled between two foreign policy impulses: to actively insert itself in the affairs of the world or to hang back and focus on its own domestic issues. Advocates of the two approaches to international relations have had various designations, including liberals and realists, or interventionists and isolationists.But these days, the world is shifting more dramatically than in decades, with the rise of China as a political and economic power and the increasing belligerence of Russia towards its neighbors. With those changes underway, is that old dichotomy still relevant? And what is America's proper role in the world?FP Editor in Chief Ravi Agrawal sat down recently with political scientist Stephen Wertheim to discuss these very questions. Wertheim, a senior fellow at the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has written about the issue extensively, including in the pages of Foreign Policy. We are featuring their conversation in the last episode of our podcast, Global Reboot. The show is produced by Foreign Policy in partnership with the Doha Forum. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Bob Keefe, author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy. Stephen Wertheim is Deputy Director of Research and Policy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, New York Review of Books, New York Times, and Washington Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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How has NATO altered European security? What has NATO's role been in setting the stage for war in Ukraine? Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Cato Institute senior fellow Ted Galen Carpenter comment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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