{"id":155241,"date":"2024-05-28T17:47:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T01:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=155241"},"modified":"2024-05-29T06:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:07:16","slug":"decoding-international-relations-5-28-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=155241","title":{"rendered":"Decoding International Relations (5-28-24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TbgsB9ZP3h0?si=Gfkjp1iJfsR-SwgH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Why no cold war yet with China, <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2024\/05\/07\/cold-war-cold-peace-united-states-china-xi-decoupling-trade\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2024\/05\/07\/cold-war-cold-peace-united-states-china-xi-decoupling-trade\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 04:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#240\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"240\">04:00<\/a> Three cheers for Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=155233\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=155233<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 09:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#570\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"570\">09:30<\/a> On Realism, Interview with Randall Schweller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fm30l0ycwLs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fm30l0ycwLs<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 10:10\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#610\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"610\">10:10<\/a> The Paper Chase (1971), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Paper_Chase_(film)\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Paper_Chase_(film)<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 11:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#660\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"660\">11:00<\/a> IR scholar Randall Schweller, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Randall_Schweller\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Randall_Schweller<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 20:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1200\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1200\">20:00<\/a> Destiny is the king of livestreams<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 43:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2580\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2580\">43:00<\/a> The chimera of global convergence, <a href=\"https:\/\/newleftreview.org\/issues\/ii87\/articles\/sean-starrs-the-chimera-of-global-convergence\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/newleftreview.org\/issues\/ii87\/articles\/sean-starrs-the-chimera-of-global-convergence<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 44:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2640\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2640\">44:00<\/a> The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Great_Powers\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Great_Powers<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:06:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3960\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3960\">1:06:00<\/a> The Craft of Writing Effectively, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154774\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=154774<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:08:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4110\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4110\">1:08:30<\/a> Bandwagoning for Profit: Bringing the Revisionist State Back In,<br \/>Randall L. Schweller<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:14:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4440\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4440\">1:14:00<\/a> Realism in the Age of Rising Disorder, Uncertainty &amp; Chaos with Dr. Randall Schweller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=120wiWJbuvk\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=120wiWJbuvk<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:27:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5220\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5220\">1:27:00<\/a> Should Liberalism Die? | Bo Winegard and Noah Carl, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aporiamagazine.com\/p\/should-liberalism-die-bo-winegard\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.aporiamagazine.com\/p\/should-liberalism-die-bo-winegard<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:36:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5760\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5760\">1:36:00<\/a> Entropy in International Relations<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:37:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5850\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5850\">1:37:30<\/a> Realists don&#8217;t think history is going forward. 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