Forever Wars vs. the Climate Crisis. The Parallel Diplomacy Problem. Vanishing Credibility in Asia. Giuliani's Self-Incrimination | Ep. 15

If you think fighting climate change is expensive, maybe you haven't seen the bill for endless war. Why Trump's parallel universes of diplomacy is a problem for foreign policy analysis. Van gets a little choked up talking about why America needs more Laura Coopers. Giuliani self-incriminates via  tweet, collapsing Trump’s impeachment defense. What the Treaty of Versailles can teach us about poison pill diplomacy today. Van goes hard in the paint on Disney's Bob Iger.  And in Asia, American credibility is vanishing and no amount of Pentagon money can fix it. 

Van’s Predictions:

Will there be a British election before the end of the year? | No 

If there was, what would it elect? | Conservative majority government. 

Will Turkey expand out of the Russian-negotiated buffer zone in Syria? | No

Will the US stop the Korean/Japan trade war before 2020? | No, but the trade war will stop

Links:

Marty Lederman on Rudy Giuliani: https://twitter.com/marty_lederman/status/1187170574562484226

Kelsey Atherton on Climate Change: https://twitter.com/AthertonKD/status/1187211215279251456

Kathleen Hicks on Laura Cooper:

https://twitter.com/kath_hicks/status/1187043980787236867

The Peacemakers of 1919 a Century On - Jay Winter: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2019/10/14/peacemakers-of-1919-century-on-pub-79970

How To Halt Global Warming for $300 Billion - Bloomberg:

https://tinyurl.com/yxhx9y6k

Trump’s Parallel Universe of Diplomacy - Adam Taylor: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/10/24/trumps-parallel-universe-diplomacy/

What Happened to Rudy Giuliani? - Ken Frydman:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/opinion/giuliani-trump-ukraine.html

Indicted Giuliani Associate Ties Case to Trump - NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/nyregion/lev-parnas-igor-fruman-campaign-finance.html

Music: "Van is Meta" by Tre' Hester