It's Kim Jong Un's World, and Trump's Just Living in It | Raw Uncut Ep. 6

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10/06/19 • 7 min

Why did US-North Korea working level nuclear talks fall apart...in less than a day? Van Jackson explains why the moral hazard of reality-show summitry is ultimately to blame.

Music: "Van is Meta" by Tre' Hester

Van's prescription for a stabilizing North Korea policy: https://warontherocks.com/2019/09/confronting-reality-the-bitter-medicine-that-north-korea-policy-needs-now/

Why did US-North Korea working level nuclear talks fall apart...in less than a day? Van Jackson explains why the moral hazard of reality-show summitry is ultimately to blame.

Music: "Van is Meta" by Tre' Hester

Van's prescription for a stabilizing North Korea policy: https://warontherocks.com/2019/09/confronting-reality-the-bitter-medicine-that-north-korea-policy-needs-now/

Previous Episode

Progressive versus Libertarian Foreign Policy: Irreconcilable, or Allies of Convenience? | Ep. 5

In this episode, Van digs into the varieties of progressive foreign policy thought, and confesses to evolutions about his own thinking. Why Joe and Hunter Biden--who did no wrong here--remind us that foreign money corrupts the politics of democracies everywhere. What is the "Washington Post test?" And how is journalism itself complicit in empowering Trump? Also in this episode, why government memos are sanitized versions of history. Ask Me Anything: Which democratic presidential candidates does Van like? Is China neo-fascist (or neo-racist)? Non-Sequitur: Van's recurring dream about Ted Cruz.

Notes and Sources:

Uri Friedman's Atlantic piece on GOP civil war: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/will-gop-split-trump-over-foreign-policy/598438/

Jim Goldgeier's Washington Post piece on how to read government phone call "transcripts": https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/25/what-expect-when-you-are-expecting-trump-transcript/

Liz Cheney v. Rand Paul feud: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/22/rand-paul-liz-cheney-senate-wyoming-1506603

William Gallo Tweet: https://twitter.com/GalloVOA/status/1175420934108266501

John Glaser, Trevor Thrall, and Christopher Preble's New Book: https://www.cato.org/events/fuel-to-the-fire

In The Loop Movie: https://www.amazon.com/Loop-Peter-Capaldi/dp/B0093SSPGG

Show Producers: Pete McKenzie and Gaby Magnuson

Theme Song: "Van is Meta" by Tre' Hester

Next Episode

Corruption, Eminem Playing Eminem, or Conspiracy Theory? How to Understand US Foreign Policy Now | Ep. 7

In this episode, Van explores Trump inadvertently brainwashing himself into believing conspiracy theories simply by repeating them. He gets into it over a piece by Mike Fuchs on the real price of corrupt foreign policy and why we should all be worried about Trump meeting with foreign leaders. Also, why cyber is the new go-to for policymakers who feel the need to "do something." What foreign policy has to do with professional wrestling. The one thing Eminem and Trump have in common (not whiteness). And more!

Notes and Sources:

Michael Fuchs piece in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/02/trump-foreign-policy-impeachment

Mira Rapp-Hooper's piece in Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2019-10-03/usurpation-us-foreign-policy

Adam Taylor's piece in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/10/03/foreign-allies-who-gambled-trump-face-big-losses/

Jeet Heer's tweet thread: https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1179420012936912898

Senator John McCollister's tweet: https://twitter.com/SenMcCollister/status/1179390933391020033

Richard Hosftadter's "The Paranoid Style in American Politics": https://harpers.org/archive/1964/11/the-paranoid-style-in-american-politics/

Center for a New American Security Arms Control Report: https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/risk-realism

Music: "Van is Meta" by Tre' Hester

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