https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rdea3-1793bd7 On radical conservatism and global order. Professor Michael C. Williams talks to George and Alex about his co-authored World of the Right and how the radical right has gone global. We discuss: Does academia takes the Right as seriously…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8urxc-1765f54 On Taiwan, semiconductors, and war. [Full episode for subscribers only] James Lin, Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington at Seattle, talks to Phil about Taiwanese politics and the country's place in the world, in terms…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-3zij3-1709f03 On Israel's invasion of Lebanon and beyond. Karl Sharro (Lebanese-Iraqi architect and satirist @KarlreMarks) and Iranian writer and historian Arash Azizi join us to discuss war in the Middle East. We ask: Is Israel finally waging the great war that…
Read More /444/ Opportunism & Revenge in the Middle East ft. Karl Sharro & Arash Azizi
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jfvqx-16ca18d On corruption, charisma, populism & assassination in Slovakia. Slovak sociologist Dominik Zelinksy joins us to discuss Slovakia's positioning between East and West. We discuss: Why was Prime Minister Robert Fico a target of an assassination attempt? Whether Fico –…
Read More /436/ Slovakia’s Four World Directions ft. Dominik Zelinsky
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jauj5-16bfdc7 On Geoffrey Roberts’ 2013 biography of Field Marshal Zhukov. [Patreon Exclusive] Who was the Soviet general and architect of Soviet victory on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? We discuss: What does Zhukov’s life tell us about…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-kcxxi-16a0424 On the structure of the Chinese state and its external relations. [Patreon Exclusive: for the full episode, go to patreon.com/bungacast] We welcome back Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri to reflect on the outcome of the recent plenum of the…
Read More /431/ The Myth of Monolithic China ft. Lee Jones & Shahar Hameiri
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ens2v-163eb49 On German political derangement. [Patreon Exclusive] Independent researcher and writer Gregor Baszak joins us to talk about German centrism being squeezed under pressure from both left and right — Sahra Wagenknecht and the AFD. Meanwhile the German economy is getting…
Read More /418/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown System, German-Style ft. Gregor Baszak (sample)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xnggy-162d50c On your questions & criticism regarding pro-Palestine protests. [Patreon Exclusive] In this episode we focus on the discussion generated by our episode that came out in early May on the protests on US campuses. We discuss the…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-p5zwa-151a9ee On NATO expansion and the end of neutrality Previously a Patreon Exclusive. For more like this, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Lily Lynch is back on the pod to talk about Northern and Eastern Europe and growing hawkishness. We…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ymmmu-15147ca On Giovanni Arrighi's Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We discuss the Part 2 of this landmark book from 2008, debating theories of Western economic decline: Robert Brenner's,…
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