The 1st Draft

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The 1st Draft

Foreign Policy Research Instit

10 episodes

9 months ago

The 1st Draft is a new podcast from the Foreign Policy Research Institute in which Robert D. Kaplan and Dominic Green examine ideas emanating from world affairs. New episodes released monthly.

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Episodes (10/10)

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The British Royal Family, Western Elections, and the Death of an Editor

In this month’s episode of The 1st Draft, Robert Kaplan and Dominic Green discuss the royal photo scandal, the upcoming US election and the importance of a great editor at The Atlantic.

1 year ago

27 minutes

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Malthus, Drones, and the Transformation of War

In this month’s episode of The 1st Draft, Robert Kaplan and Dominic Green discuss how population theory is misunderstood, and how low-tech countries are fielding high-tech weapons.

1 year ago

25 minutes

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The New Bipolar Conflict and the Fate of Western Elites

In this month’s episode of the 1st Draft, Robert Kaplan and Dominic Green discuss what the war in the Middle East is showing about our world.

1 year ago

31 minutes

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Ukraine, Israel-Gaza, Populism, and all the Interlinkages

In this month's episode of the 1st Draft, Robert Kaplan and Dominic Green discuss the "polycrisis" afflicting our world.

1 year ago

31 minutes

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"The Loom of Time" in the Middle East

Robert Kaplan and Dominic Green offer historical and philosophical perspectives on the upheavals in the region.

The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy from the Mediterranean to China (Random House, 2023)

2 years ago

31 minutes

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Africa, Russia, and Geopolitical Imagination

On this episode of the 1st Draft, Robert Kaplan and Dominic Green discuss the recent coups in Africa, the military stalemate in Ukraine, and predict big events on the horizon.

2 years ago

29 minutes

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Ukraine, the Wagner Group, and the Difficulty Journalists Have In Interpreting it All

2 years ago

27 minutes

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The New Tragic Age, Henry Kissinger at 100, and the Birth of "Late Antiquity"

Kaplan and Green discuss the current age in which we live and the world of almost 2,000 years ago, bringing into the discussion such varied authors as Evan Thomas, Peter Brown, and Lawrence Durrell.

2 years ago

30 minutes

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A Secret Coronation, Malthusian Fears, and a Ukrainian Fork in the Road

This month's discussion ranges from the part of King Charles' coronation that the public did not see, to a discussion of environmental limits, and to the prospect of a Ukrainian military victory. We also squeeze in Orwell and a legendary Manhattan editorial team.

2 years ago

29 minutes

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Ukraine, China, and V.S. Naipaul

This month on The 1st Draft, Robert and Dominic cover the anniversaries of the Ukraine and Iraq wars, the change in international affairs wrought by the rise of China as a full-spectrum power. They also discuss books by V. S. Naipaul and Tom Holland, and much more.

2 years ago

28 minutes