Scott interviews Trita Parsi about his paper concerning the intervention of Middle East powers over the last decade. Parsi and his coauthor Matthew Petti found that, contrary to the picture often painted of one malign actor driving all the instability, there are...
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8/20/21 Daniel McAdams on Hubris of the Foreign Policy Establishment
by Scott Horton | Aug 24, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks with Daniel McAdams about his recent appearance on RT, where he challenged the Western Media's narrative about China. McAdams says they have it backward, criticizing China for its best actions, such as economic engagement, while seemingly wanting to import...
8/20/21 Dave DeCamp: An Update on the Afghanistan Evacuation
by Scott Horton | Aug 24, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Dave DeCamp joins the show to give an update on the effort to evacuate Westerners and their allies from Kabul. He explains that the evacuations are moving at a good clip. So far, the Biden Administration has resisted pressure to send troops into Kabul as there has...
8/17/21 Eric Margolis: This is Not the Worst Case Scenario in Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Aug 20, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis talks with Scott about the situation in Afghanistan as American forces continue to withdraw. Of course, the last few days have seen nonstop headlines proclaiming an utter disaster in the country, many of them excoriating President Biden for having...
8/16/21 Andrew Cockburn on the Legacy of Zalmay Khalilzad
by Scott Horton | Aug 19, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Andrew Cockburn about his 2014 article on Afghan-born neoconservative Zalmay Khalilzad. Cockburn explains how it was Khalilzad who selected new leaders for Afghanistan and Iraq after the old regimes had fallen to U.S. forces. Scott and Cockburn also...
8/17/21 Matthew Hoh on the Systemic Failures Behind America’s Loss in Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Aug 19, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Matthew Hoh, the Marine veteran who blew the whistle about the doomed Afghan Surge. Hoh lays out what led him to resign in protest and go to the press with the truth about how hopeless the military’s counterinsurgency mission really was. Hoh then...
8/13/21 Joseph Solis-Mullen: China Won’t Be Taking Over the World
by Scott Horton | Aug 19, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Joseph Solis-Mullen discusses the claim that America must now turn its attention toward China as the new threat of global hegemony. War hawks will cite China's growing economic supremacy, many alleged human rights abuses and supposed imperialistic designs on its...
8/13/21 Ken Bensinger on the Role of FBI Informants in the Michigan Kidnapping Plot
by Scott Horton | Aug 17, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Ken Bensinger of Buzzfeed News about the role of FBI informants in the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Bensinger explains that informants played a heavy role in the militia group involved and helped motivate members to take violent...
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