Richard Hanania - Foreign Policy, Fertility, and Wokeness

Richard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and the author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy: How Generals, Weapons Manufacturers, and Foreign Governments Shape American Foreign Policy. Watch on YouTube . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Episode website here . Follow Richard on Twitter . Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Read Richard's Substack: https://richardhanania.substack.com/ Timestamps: (0:00:00) - Intro (0:04:35) - Did war prevent sclerosis? (0:06:05) - China vs America's grand strategy (0:10:00) - Does the president have more power over foreign policy? (0:11:30) - How to deter bad actors? (0:15:39) - Do some countries have a coherent foreign policy? (0:16:55) - Why does self-interest matter in foreign but not domestic policy? (0:21:05) - Should we limit money in politics? (0:23:47) - Should we credit expertise for nuclear detante and global prosperity? (0:28:45) - Have international alliances made us safer? (0:31:57) - Why does academic bueracracy work in some fields? (0:36:26) - Did academia suck even before diversity? (0:39:34) - How do w…