Prof. Post talks about the growing number of VIP visitors to Ukraine, a show of support that has risks, and also why we need to remember there are important issues beyond the Ukraine.
America can afford to remind folks it will remain dominant in a post-American, post-truth world.
Prof. Poast looks at why negotiations that end wars need to avoid humiliation.
Talking about the past to figure out the future of Ukraine, factoring in China, Iran and the Geopolitical connections.
In this special extended Podcast, I’d like to about Ukraine in three segments:
I’m also pleased to welcome, Prof. Robert A. Pape joining in what is a big subject.
In my latest podcast I consider not only withdrawal of American troops, but also of interest in the Middle East, and what it means for the region’s future.
International conflicts invariably result in historical analogies, which may help sell policies but is often unhelpful in understanding what is going on.
Paul Poast talks about Russia, Ukraine and how exactly did we end up here?
President Biden has had a video chat with President Putin and, at the time or recording, an international peace summit was underway, so is the world now a safer place?
Professor Poast discusses the parallels drawn between the Cold War and the current state of US-China rivalry. Misplaced? A "lazy and dangerous" analogy (Nye)? Or Twitter diplomacy with the potential to make the world more dangerous and difficult to navigate than it already is?
Can you have a transformative foreign policy and avoid its consequences.
In the Middle East, many Democrats would like to impose a peace settlement on Israel that provides for Palestinian statehood. They also want to reduce American commitments in the region. Is a Kissingerian realism a solution to such dilemmas?
Is the US and China locked into strategic competition or great power competition? Could Taiwan change that phrasing. And, can any diplomatic competition be successful when someone on your own side — we are talking about Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex) — is blocking you from fielding a complete team?
President Biden said America was back on the world stage but didn’t say where on that stage. Scarcely two weeks after America’s ignominious exit from Afghanistan and a costly 20-year war that has left little but destruction and anguish in its trail, America has joined Australia and the UK in another adventure.
Professor Poast talks about what the deal means, whether it will counter and intimidate China, and where it leaves America in relation to its allies.
Professor Poast discusses 9/11 and what it meant for him on the day and what it means for America today.
Guest Interview with Prof. Robert A. Pape who explains what over-the-horizon means in Afghanistan, why it can't work in the current circumstances, and how to fix it.
IR scholars should be teaching students to look 10 years ahead. Is that really possible? If so, what should they be looking for?
Prof. Poast talks about his Twitter thread on John Mearsheimer's now classic article 'Back to the Future' and why it still matters.
Prof. Poast talks about President Biden's trip to Europe, talks with Putin, and why Nato matters. He also gets a wee bit nerdy on stats, and reckons we all should anyway.
The EU and Beijing have been strengthening ties towards a new "values-based investment relationship" that will protect labor and environmental standards, as well as draw China into a rules-based global order. Europe is effectively becoming the"regulatory superpower,"by exporting and defending values through sheer economic size. What can President Biden bring to the table? And could a tech treaty offer substance to Putin talks?
Secretary Blinken is working to shore up a Gaza cease-fire, but he faces the longstanding obstacles, which throws up questions about the future of Abraham Accords Declaration as well as the future of any Iran deal. Meanwhile IR just got really strange with the forcing down of a passenger jet in Belarus.
