After the ‘End of History’

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Mario looks at Seymour Hersh’s latest on corruption inside Ukraine and assesses those claims alongside some of the more elliptical admissions from the mainstream press. The music you hear on After the End of History is courtesy of Matt Coakley and Jason King. Thanks for listening. Support the show

Recorded on Wednesday, April 12th, 2023. Mario goes solo this week to share some initial thoughts on the recently leaked Pentagon documents and the lessons to be drawn for the Ukraine-Russia War. Topics include: Initial reflections on the leaksAssessing Ukraine's capacity for a counter offensiveHas the US infowar limited foreign policymakers' ability to think strategicall

ATEOH covers the legendary Seymour Hersh's latest revelations about the Nordstream II bombing. Readings discussed in this week's episode include: How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline (substack.com)Alexander Zevin & Seymour Hersh, How to Blow Up a Pipeline — Sidecar (newleftreview.org)Support the show

Recorded in late October 2022 as part of ATEOH's longer discussion on the history and future of NATO. Discussed in this episode: Wolfgang Streeck's "Pipe Dreams." Thanks for listening. Support the show

ATEOH Season 3 continues with a series of discussions on the history of NATO and its continual reinvention through internal dissent, external resistance and expansion. Part I is about Thomas Meaney's excellent piece "How Putin's invasion returned NATO to the centre stage," published in The Guardian this May. Recorded on 10 October 2022***After the ‘End of Hist

Mario presents to the Chicago Political Economy Group on Marlene Laruelle's Is Russia Fascist? Recorded on 24 August 2022. The music you hear on after the end of history is provided courtesy of Jason King. Support the show

[Recorded in June 2022. ]In the second episode of the season, we discuss how foreign policy intellectuals from a breadth of political views have responded to the war over these last four months. From IR theorists like Wertheim and Kupchan to the more left-oriented Alexander Zevin at the New Left Review and Thomas Meaney in The Guardian, we’ve noticed some patterns in the discussi

[Recorded early June, 2022] Unlocked discussion on two editorial pieces in the NYTimes:(1) The War in the Ukraine is Getting Complicated... (2) What America Will and Will Not Do in Ukraine Has Western liberal euphoria over the Ukraine-Russia war crashed on the rocks of an inevitable negotiated settlement? For the latest recordings, please consider becoming a subscriber to the show

In the second episode of the season, we discuss how foreign policy intellectuals from a breadth of political views have responded to the war over these last four months. From IR theorists like Wertheim and Kupchan to the more left-oriented Alexander Zevin at the New Left Review and Thomas Meaney in The Guardian, we’ve noticed some patterns in the discussion that we’ve tracked s