Restrainers in Foreign Policy, Fighting Oligarchs, China's Worst Nightmare in NZ, a European Defense Union, Fascism Infiltrates Intelligence

The restraint movement in foreign policy starts penetrating Washington. Elizabeth Warren takes on the biggest oligarch of them all--Mike Bloomberg. China trade distorts the national interest. And Van Jackson thinks through the merits of NATO versus a European Defense Union. Also this episode: Why Trump will keep extorting South Korea; the danger of Russia and Turkey treating Syria as a sphere of influence; Scottish independence; and Van's musings about "Washington insider status."

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Global power politics, for the people. Hosted by Van Jackson, Julia Gledhill, and Matt Duss. The views expressed are theirs alone (not those of any institution or employer).