Description

This week, we start with Afghanistan and move on to our broader critiques of U.S. foreign policy (and its discontents!). Maurice is an anarchist. Amanda is a civil libertarian, a Zionist, and a recovering neo-con. We thought it would be interesting to talk through recent events and see where we agreed—and diverged. 

We Discuss:

• The nuances of the non-aggression principle
• What does the NAP look like when you’re pulling out of a country you invaded? 
• Was the mission in Afghanistan always doomed? If not, what doomed it?
• Trying to work nation-state institutions into a city-state paradigm 
• Forever wars, isolationism, and false binaries
• Why great power competition matters
• The cases for and against bases (in foreign countries)

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