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Korea Watcher Feud, Steinbeck v. Matt Damon, Fascist-Free NATO, Proxy Paradigm Wars in IR, Singapore has No Plan B | Ep. 43

Singapore's not happy with any of the great powers, but do they have a Plan B for a failure of US leadership? Should NATO expel Hungary for turning into a dictatorship? What happened in the latest Korea-watcher spat between Jeffrey Lewis and Joel Wit? Also this episode: The paradigm wars in international relations theory didn't end; they migrated into Asian security studies. The Coronavirus shouldn't be a national security issue. Why John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath is more important than Matt Damon's Contagion.
Broadcast on:
08 Apr 2020

Singapore's not happy with any of the great powers, but do they have a Plan B for a failure of US leadership?  Should NATO expel Hungary for turning into a dictatorship?  What happened in the latest Korea-watcher spat between Jeffrey Lewis and Joel Wit?  Also this episode: The paradigm wars in international relations theory didn't end; they migrated into Asian security studies.  The Coronavirus shouldn't be a national security issue.  Why John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath is more important than Matt Damon's Contagion.

Christopher Woody shouts out the pod: https://www.businessinsider.com/backlash-to-trump-use-of-sanctions-as-coronavirus-spreads-2020-3

Antonio DeLoera Tweet: https://twitter.com/AntonioDeLoeraB/status/1244708115720728578

Dan Nexon Tweet: https://twitter.com/dhnexon/status/1244990273899450368

Nick Bisley Tweet: https://twitter.com/NickBisley/status/1245589570806145029

Fred Kaplan on Hungary and NATO: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/orban-hungary-dictatorship-eu-nato.html

Singapore's not happy with any of the great powers, but do they have a Plan B for a failure of US leadership? Should NATO expel Hungary for turning into a dictatorship? What happened in the latest Korea-watcher spat between Jeffrey Lewis and Joel Wit? Also this episode: The paradigm wars in international relations theory didn't end; they migrated into Asian security studies. The Coronavirus shouldn't be a national security issue. Why John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath is more important than Matt Damon's Contagion.