Counterbalance

Apr 11 2024 83 ep. 45 mins 1.1k
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Counterbalance is a Hudson Institute podcast hosted by Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Peter Rough. As America's unipolar moment fades, Rough and Doran explore the emerging global order.

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82 | The Wisdom of the Ancients (feat. Jakub Grygiel)

Apr 11 2024 54 mins  
What do classical authors have to teach us about the global brawl that is international affairs? Catholic University professor, Jakub Grygiel, joins hosts Mike Doran and Peter Rough to provide the historical context behind the show's new exploration into "real-realism."

81 | Exploring Our New Worldview: "Real-Realism"

Apr 04 2024 24 mins  
After internal dialogues revealed that the team was feeling a bit "strategically rudderless," hosts Mike Doran and Peter Rough sit together to launch a new thesis for Counterbalance. Together they explain what's wrong with foreign policy "experts" today and why an interest-based foreign policy is needed over the dominant, but flawed, values-based outlook of today's elites. They're

80 | Can the US Withstand An Economic Standoff with China? (feat. Jonathan Ward)

Mar 28 2024 39 mins  
Hudson Senior Fellow Jonathan Ward joins co-host Peter Rough to discuss his new book The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China. In his book, and during the episode, Ward lays out how the US gave up many of its economic advantages while allowing China's rise. Thankfully, according to Ward, it's not too late to reverse course, but America has to start by win

79 | The Facts: Is Ukraine Losing? Can It Still Win? (feat. Peter Rough)

Mar 21 2024 41 mins  
Is Ukraine losing? Can it still win? Where does international support stand now, and where will it be going forward? Host Peter Rough addresses these questions and more having just returned from an overseas study trip to Moldova and Ukraine. Mike Doran joins him to discover what Peter saw, heard, and learned from his travels.

78 | US-Israel: Will Biden Recognize a Palestinian State? (feat. Gadi Taub)

Feb 15 2024 47 mins  
On this special edition of Counterbalance, co-hosts Mike and Peter are joined by Israeli intellectual Gadi Taub. Mike and Gadi recently started the Israel Update Podcast with Tablet magazine. This week on Counterbalance, the trio discuss the Biden administration’s attitude towards the war in Gaza, including the president calling Israel’s response in Gaza “over the top.” The

77 | Taiwan 101 (feat. Peter Rough)

Feb 07 2024 42 mins  
This week, host Michael Doran is joined by co-host Peter Rough, senior fellow and director of the Center for Europe and Eurasia at Hudson Institute. Peter offers an overview of his recent visit to Taiwan and discusses with Mike his thoughts on Beijing's increasing economic and military pressure on Taipei. The duo also talks about the current state of Taiwanese domestic politics and

76 | October 7 Was an Intelligence Failure for Israel and the US

Feb 01 2024 49 mins  
Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel was a clear intelligence failure, but for whom and in what ways? Counterbalance co-hosts Mike Doran and Peter Rough are joined by Hudson colleague Ezra Cohen, who, fresh off a trip to Israel, provides his view on what led to the failure of intelligence we now know as October 7. A former Pentagon official, Ezra also outlines how each US administr

75 | The Future of Zionism and the Israel-Hamas War

Jan 25 2024 44 mins  
This week, host Peter Rough is joined by co-host Michael Doran, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute. They recap Mike's recent trip to Israel, and why he thinks the war that sparked by the October 7th atrocities is actually a war for the future of Western civilization. Additionally, they discuss his observations

74 | The Future of Taiwan, ROK-DPRK Relations, and the Threat of War

Jan 18 2024 46 mins  
This week, co-hosts Mike Doran and Peter Rough are joined by Allison Hooker, seasoned Asia hand with extensive experience working on issues relating to the Korean Peninsula and the broader Indo-Pacific, including Taiwan. The trio discuss key developments to watch out for in the year to come, beginning with Taiwan’s presidential election that gave the ruling DPP a historic third s

73 | The Origins of Hudson, and Abe's Transformation of Japan

Jan 11 2024 49 mins  
Peter Rough talks this week with Ken Weinstein, Hudson’s Japan Chair and former president and CEO of Hudson. Peter and Ken talk about Hudson’s founding and the instrumental role Herman Kahn, Max Singer, and Wally Stern played in making it what it is today. The two also delve into the role Shinzo Abe played in transforming Japan’s foreign and security policy.