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Today’s Episode:
Our guest today is Walter Russell Mead, an author, academic, and foreign policy expert. Walter is a Professor of Strategy and Statesmanship at the University of Florida’s Hamilton Center, a Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal. He and Dan unpacked the Trump administration’s approach to several foreign policy issues, from Russia-Ukraine, to China, to the Middle East. They also discussed Israel’s strategic position in the region following October 7th and its two year, multi-front war.
(00:00) Introduction
(04:48) Unpacking Trump’s National Security Strategy
(15:06) Where does Trump’s NSS leave the Middle East?
(20:57) How important is Middle Eastern oil to Trump?
(23:45) How Trump sees America’s role in the world
(26:57) Today’s antisemitism in a historic context
(31:36) Demographic shifts: Muslim migrants in the West
(37:09) The geopolitical trends to track
CREDITS:
ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor
ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer
BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager
MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor
MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATRICIO SPADAVECCHIA - Additional Editing
MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer
GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management
YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer
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