American Decline: Losing the Campaign for Influence

June 18, 2021 00:42:15
American Decline: Losing the Campaign for Influence
Irregular Warfare Podcast
American Decline: Losing the Campaign for Influence

Jun 18 2021 | 00:42:15

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Show Notes

A new US administration is eager to reengage with both allies and competitors, reasserting the role of global leader that the United States has claimed since World War II. At the same time, former partners wary of indications of US withdrawal from the global stage no longer look to the United States for leadership and current adversaries emboldened by apparent US apathy toward their breaching of international norms are no longer cowed into restraint. Retired Lt. Gen. Michael K. Nagata and Dr. Anthony Cordesman join this episode to discuss how these conditions developed and what can be done to reverse the apparent decline.

Intro music: "Unsilenced" by Ketsa

Outro music: "Launch" by Ketsa

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