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Old Gods Podcast: The International Order

From OT contributor Birch Smith and Dan Visnovsky the latest episode of The Old Gods Podcast on the international order.
Andrew Donaldson October 29, 2021

International Order

From OT contributor Birch Smith and Dan Visnovsky the latest episode of The Old Gods Podcast on the international order.

The Old Gods Podcast by Birch Smith and Dan Visnovsky, on why the US is losing confidence in the ‘old gods’ of liberal democracy, the free market, and the open society.

Episode Description

This week we discuss the liberal international order, the various groups who have lost confidence in America’s ability to go abroad, and how there’s a right and wrong way to retrench.

Shownotes:

America First Committee – Wikipedia on the America First Committee, prominent members, and its membership totals

Pat Buchanan for President 1992 Campaign Brochure – Pat Buchanan on ‘America First’

Bush – UN/US Iraq authorization

List of treaties unsigned or unratified by the United States – Wikipedia entry on treaties the US has not signed

Ronald Reagan Was Right: Freedom Is Never More Than a Generation Away from Extinction – Shikha Dalmia on global democratic backsliding

Australian reporter attacked by Park Police during clearing of Lafayette Square testifies1850 – Lafayette square teargas and police violence – ABC 7 WJLA (Associated Press reprint)

Myanmar coup: ‘Everything will be OK’ teenage protester mourned – BBC News

Defeat is Possible – War on the Rocks

Foucault’s Boomerang aka the Imperial Boomerang

Bibliography

The Dragons and the Snakes – David Kilcullen

Bring the War Home – Kathleen Belew

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