Bloggingheads.tv: Drezburt

Nov 05 2019 25 ep. 751
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Heather Hurlburt and Daniel Drezner offer unorthodox takes from inside security orthodoxy.

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Not-So-Grand Strategy Edition (Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner)

Nov 05 2019 44 mins  
The story behind Heather's Expos hat ... Trump's failed, reality TV–esque, fatal car crash reconciliation ... Will impeachment cause US foreign policy to improve? ... Is the era of grand strategy over? ... Why a US–EU entente is coming post-Trump ... Dan: Climate change can't be ignored in foreign policy any more ...

Drezburt Returns (Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner)

Jun 15 2019 41 mins  
Who tried to kill Big Papi? ... Who attacked oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman? ... Is Shinzo Abe Trump's friend or supplicant? ... Gauging the odds of war with Iran ... Heather: Trump's actions mean the US can never rejoin the nuclear deal ... The ever-growing costs of maintaining American hegemony ... Trump as God's gift to neoliberalism ... Dan has some kind words for Elizabeth Wa

Drezburt Year-End Spectacular (Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner)

Dec 22 2018 40 mins  
Secretary Mattis's extraordinary resignation letter ... Why did Trump decide to withdraw from Syria now? ... Secretary of Defense David Petraeus? ... Other foreign policy news you may have missed this week ... Heather: You don't change Trump, Trump changes you ... Laughing and crying at the year in foreign policy ...

(Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner)

Aug 21 2018 43 mins  
Why the fight over security clearances matters ... Are the norms that Trump broke permanently broken? ... Dan: Trump's trade wars have created more free trade supporters ... Why NAFTA isn't getting renegotiated any time soon ... Would a Dem Congress be able to change Trump's trade policy? ... Will the liberal international order survive Trump? ...

Spring Break Edition (Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner)

Mar 26 2018 44 mins  
Gary Cohn, we hardly knew ye ... The incoherence of Trump's trade policy ... Why the current debate about trade is out of date ... Will Mike Pompeo be better than Rex Tillerson? ... Assessing James Mattis's tenure ... Heather makes the case against the CIA's Gina Haskell ... Dan is genuinely worried about John Bolton in the White House ...

Tolstoyan Edition (Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner)

Jan 26 2018 44 mins  
Trump's first year in foreign policy ... The international community of shitholes ... The logical contradiction at the heart of Trump's foreign policy ... Dan: Trump disdains the liberal international order but offers no alternative ... The challenge for internationalists ... The "constant crap" theory ...

(Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner)

Oct 16 2017 85 mins  
Heather’s statement on the #metoo hashtag and sexual assault awareness ... What “America first” means to the rest of the world ... Is the liberal international order in danger? Heather says yes ... Dan’s book Avoiding Trivia makes a surprise appearance ... Heather: Social media matters, but information warfare is nothing new ...

(Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner)

Aug 14 2017 125 mins  
The end of the “axis of adults” ... Heather: Trump needs Deterrence Theory 101 ... How much should we fear North Korea? ... Which Trump adviser will be the next to go? ... The disconnect between Trump and the Pentagon ... The case for negotiating with North Korea ...

(Daniel Drezner & Heather Hurlburt)

Jun 15 2017 102 mins  
What Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Accord says about executive power ... Comparing Trump and Bush: why messaging matters ... Dan on Trump's diplomacy: more predictable, less credible ... Will Trump's grandstanding on NATO bring results? ... Has Trump deterred nationalist populism in Europe? ... Global governance in the age of populism ...

(Heather Hurlburt & Daniel Drezner)

Apr 17 2017 104 mins  
The end of Turkish democracy? ... The foreign policy “axis of adults” ... Nikki Haley, rising star ... Why the MOAB and the Syria strikes won’t scare Kim Jong-Un ... Will Trump negotiate with North Korea? ...