Is TikTok Dead? Ukraine Aide and Iran-Israel Exchange Blows
05/02/24 • 83 min
Anita has been traveling all month, and there are a lot of big stories that have happened in the meantime. We begin with China and the surprising passage of a ban on TikTok. We also discuss a provocative article arguing that we need to change our policy to win the war with China.
In the also surprising, but welcome category, an aide to Ukraine bill finally passed. What was behind Speaker Johnson’s change in position, and how will the aid change the situation on the ground?
Israel and Iran traded military hostilities and the war in Gaza still rages. What is the significance of the recent events? And what is happening on US campuses, where waves of protests and arrests have been occurring?
Topics Discussed in this Episode
- Anita’s Trip to Norway and Sweden
- 07:15 - TikTok Bill and the New Cold War with China
- 48:30 - Ukraine Aide Bill Passes, but What Next?
- 1:06:00 Israel-Iran Exchange Blows and Protests on US Campuses
Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode
TikTok Bill and New Cold War with China
- TikTok and the U.S. government dig in for a legal war over potential ban (WaPo)
- No Substitute for Victory (Foreign Affairs-Matt Pottinger & Mike Gallagher)
Ukraine Aide Bill Passes, but What Next?
- How Mike Johnson Got to ‘Yes’ on Aid to Ukraine (NY Times)
- America’s $61bn aid package buys Ukraine time (The Economist)
- Draft-dodging plagues Ukraine as Kyiv faces acute soldier shortage (Politico)
Israel-Iran Exchange Blows and Protests on US Campuses
- How Iran covered up the damage from Israel’s strikes (The Economist)
- How today’s antiwar protests stack up against major student movements in history (Vox)
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Anita has been traveling all month, and there are a lot of big stories that have happened in the meantime. We begin with China and the surprising passage of a ban on TikTok. We also discuss a provocative article arguing that we need to change our policy to win the war with China.
In the also surprising, but welcome category, an aide to Ukraine bill finally passed. What was behind Speaker Johnson’s change in position, and how will the aid change the situation on the ground?
Israel and Iran traded military hostilities and the war in Gaza still rages. What is the significance of the recent events? And what is happening on US campuses, where waves of protests and arrests have been occurring?
Topics Discussed in this Episode
- Anita’s Trip to Norway and Sweden
- 07:15 - TikTok Bill and the New Cold War with China
- 48:30 - Ukraine Aide Bill Passes, but What Next?
- 1:06:00 Israel-Iran Exchange Blows and Protests on US Campuses
Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode
TikTok Bill and New Cold War with China
- TikTok and the U.S. government dig in for a legal war over potential ban (WaPo)
- No Substitute for Victory (Foreign Affairs-Matt Pottinger & Mike Gallagher)
Ukraine Aide Bill Passes, but What Next?
- How Mike Johnson Got to ‘Yes’ on Aid to Ukraine (NY Times)
- America’s $61bn aid package buys Ukraine time (The Economist)
- Draft-dodging plagues Ukraine as Kyiv faces acute soldier shortage (Politico)
Israel-Iran Exchange Blows and Protests on US Campuses
- How Iran covered up the damage from Israel’s strikes (The Economist)
- How today’s antiwar protests stack up against major student movements in history (Vox)
Follow Us
- Show Website: www.kelloggsglobalpolitics.com
- Show Twitter: @GlobalKellogg
- Anita’s Twitter: @arkellogg
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Previous Episode
Ukraine/Israel Updates, Tiktok Vote, UK after Brexit, and Reversing Illiberalism in Poland
On this episode, we begin with some short updates on the situation in Ukraine and Israel. We also discuss the US House vote on TikTok and whether the social media platform is a propaganda tool of the CCP.
We then take a deep dive into life in the UK after Brexit. Were promises kept and who is better off?
Finally, we look at the extraordinary story of Poland’s democratic revival and examine its battle back from its recent flirtation with authoritarianism. What lessons can Western nations learn from as they fight their own right-wing populism?
Topics Discussed in this Episode
- 20:00 - Ukraine and Israel update
- 40:00 - Post-Brexit UK: Looking back after 7 years
- 56:30 - Poland: How to fix a democracy?
Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode
Ukraine and Israel Updates
- Trump will not give a penny to Ukraine - Hungary PM Orban (BBC)
- Schumer Urges New Leadership in Israel, Calling Netanyahu an Obstacle to Peace (NY Times)
- Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons (NPR)
Post-Brexit UK: Looking back after 7 years
- Brexit Britain has ‘significantly underperformed’ other advanced economies, Goldman Sachs says (CNBC)
- How Brexit and Boris Broke Britain (Foreign Affairs)
- Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll (The Guardian)
- Sir Keir Starmer: bureaucrat first, politician second (The Economist)
Poland: How to fix a democracy?
- Poland’s Post-Populist Rehab (Foreign Affairs)
- Donald Tusk tries to restore Poland’s rule of law (The Economist)
- Poland is a test case for reviving a corrupted democracy (The Washington Post)
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Next Episode
Winning the Battery Wars with China & Elections in India|EU|Mexico
The past few weeks have seen several important elections in India, the EU, and Mexico. We discuss the impact in their respective regions and to the larger international environment.
We also discuss the latest in the EV battery wars. Is there a path forward for the U.S. to decrease dependence on China, and does it come at the cost of meeting U.S. environmental climate goals?
Topics Discussed in this Episode
- Ryan takes on Heritage’s Project 2025 Energy Policy
- 05:20 - Democracy Tested in India, the EU, and Mexico
- 50:30 - Winning the Battery War with China
Articles and Resources Mentioned in Episode
Ryan’s op-ed article in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Democracy Tested in India, the EU, and Mexico
- India Steps Back From the Brink (Foreign Affairs)
- Have European Voters Hamstrung the EU? (Foreign Affairs)
- In Calling Elections in France, Macron Makes a Huge Gamble (NY Times)
- Morena’s landslide win threatens to take Mexico down a dangerous path (The Economist)
- Mexico’s president says he won’t fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a ‘Mexico First’ policy (AP)
Winning the Battery War with China
- How America Can Win the Coming Battery War (Foreign Affairs)
- Friendshoring the Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain: Final Assembly and End Uses (CSIS)
- How worrying is the rapid rise of Chinese science? (The Economist)
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Kellogg's Global Politics - Is TikTok Dead? Ukraine Aide and Iran-Israel Exchange Blows
Transcript
Anita Kellogg: [00:00:00] Welcome to Kellogg's Global Politics, a podcast on current events in U. S. foreign policy and international affairs. My name is Dr. Anita Kellogg, an international relations scholar specializing in the relationship between economics and national security. I'm here with my co host, Ryan Kellogg, an expert in energy investment and policy.
Ryan Kellogg: Thanks. I'm glad to be here. So this is episode 45, and we're recording this on
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