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10/31/22 Lyle Goldstein on the Danger of Fighting over Ukraine and Taiwan

by Scott Horton | Nov 2, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews Lyle Goldstein about the danger posed by escalating conflicts in Europe and the Pacific. First Goldstein, who correctly predicted the February invasion, gives his account of where the war in Ukraine stands today and where it’s likely to go. He and Scott then talk about some of the important details for listeners to understand about nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Lastly, they discuss the growing tension over Taiwan. Goldstein is worried that the war in Ukraine mixed with the promise of greater western military aid for Taiwan years down the road will...

10/28/22 John Robb on the Geopolitical Ramifications of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

by Scott Horton | Nov 1, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with John Robb about the major consequences of Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Robb has written about how the internet created a global geopolitical environment determined chiefly by the network effect. Notably, the hysteria surrounding the war in Ukraine is brought about by this network effect in both a top-down and bottom-up fashion. It seems that Musk intends to end the top-down suppression of dissent against the NATO narrative of the war. Scott and Robb discuss possible consequences and examine the broader effect this network has on American politics and...

10/27/22 Kyle Anzalone on Washington’s Incompetent Imperialism

by Scott Horton | Oct 30, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Kyle Anzalone joins Scott this week on Antiwar Radio to provide a quick insight into the status of the American empire’s foreign adventurism. They first look to North Korea, where the Biden administration has reversed Trump’s policy of de-escalation and is instead undertaking nuclear brinksmanship for no good reason. Next, they turn to Taiwan and examine the push in Congress to abandon the stable status quo. They then look to Iran where the JCPOA is dead and Washington ineptly drives its enemies together in pursuit of world hegemony. They talk briefly about Yemen where...

This is your security force

by Scott Horton | Oct 27, 2022 | Blog

Think Twice Before Calling the Cops: The Deadly Cost of Police Welfare Checks "cops sent out on welfare checks ended up shooting or killing the very people they were supposed to assist in at least 178 cases over the course of three years."

10/24/22 Ted Snider on America’s Obligation to Stop the War in Ukraine

by Scott Horton | Oct 27, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with Ted Snider about some of his recent articles at Antiwar.com. Snider makes the argument that, by deliberately ignoring off-ramps, the U.S. bears just as much responsibility for the ongoing war as any other party. But beyond that, Scott and Snider examine the ways the U.S. and NATO sabotaged Russo-Ukrainian negotiations shortly after the invasion — which Snider argues gives the U.S. an obligation to stop the war before more blood is needlessly spilled. Discussed on the show: “The Back Door to NATO” (Antiwar.com) “Choosing Sides in the New Cold War”...

Pope Appeals to Politicians to Avert Threat of Nuclear War Over Ukraine

by Scott Horton | Oct 26, 2022 | Blog

Reuters: "Today, in fact, something we dreaded and hoped never to hear of again is threatened outright: the use of atomic weapons, which even after Hiroshima and Nagasaki continued wrongly to be produced and tested." Francis recalled how on October, 25, 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, Pope John XXIII delivered a radio message appealing to leaders of the time to bring the world back from the brink. "Today peace has been gravely violated, assaulted and trampled upon, and this in Europe, on the very continent that in the last century endured the horrors of two world wars,"...

10/22/22 Patrick MacFarlane on the Populist Right’s Taiwan Hypocrisy

by Scott Horton | Oct 26, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by Patrick MacFarlane, the Justin Raimondo Fellow at the Libertarian Institute, to discuss an article he wrote recently as well as the new direction he’s taking his podcast Vital Dissent. Scott and MacFarlane first dig into the growing tension between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan's sovereignty. MacFarlane points out that some of the best opposition to both the policies that provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and NATO’s subsequent response is from populist right-wingers. But those very same people throw all their logic out the window when the topic...

10/21/22 James Carden on the Need for Strategic Empathy

by Scott Horton | Oct 25, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. This week on Antiwar Radio, Scott talked with James Carden about an article he co-wrote recently with Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation. The article compares the current level of tension between the U.S. and Russia with the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis sixty years ago. They argue that two factors make today’s flare-up more dangerous: a lack of communication channels and an absence of empathy for the other side. Carden explains why we do not need to sympathize with the Russian invasion to recognize that there is room for diplomacy. Discussed on the show: “How did...

10/31/22 Lyle Goldstein on the Danger of Fighting over Ukraine and Taiwan

10/28/22 John Robb on the Geopolitical Ramifications of Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

10/27/22 Kyle Anzalone on Washington’s Incompetent Imperialism

This is your security force

10/24/22 Ted Snider on America’s Obligation to Stop the War in Ukraine

Pope Appeals to Politicians to Avert Threat of Nuclear War Over Ukraine

10/22/22 Patrick MacFarlane on the Populist Right’s Taiwan Hypocrisy

10/21/22 James Carden on the Need for Strategic Empathy

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