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So, listened to this excellent podcast @lawfarepodcast on my bike this morning. Generally super informative but I must take issue with @benjaminwittes claims about foreign policy meaning very little for the middle class. https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9yYXRpb25hbHNlY3VyaXR5LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz/episode/NWE3ODA5MTAtMDMyNS00ZDg5LTg4MjAtMDZjZTc4NzYzMTll?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwiXmrW6x-TuAhVQVc0KHfCiCegQieUEegQIBxAF&ep=6
For just one example, @benjaminwittes read this article explaining how the way the US pursed hegemony affected inequality in the US - surely relevant to the middle class. https://academic.oup.com/jogss/article-abstract/3/3/371/5053988?redirectedFrom=fulltext
I do agree with @tcwittes that it cannot be a merely box-checking exercise but also think it is a big step toward understanding the way domestic and foreign affairs are increasingly intertwined.
For more, read this excellent book by @henryfarrell and @ANewman_forward: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691183640/of-privacy-and-power
Or this new article by @ProfKMcNamara and @ANewman_forward: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-organization/article/big-reveal-covid19-and-globalizations-great-transformations/56E7E235EE971A9E393CDFA4484CE561
Or check out the series @ProfKMcNamara and @ANewman_forward are running @MortaraCenter https://mortara.georgetown.edu/global-political-economy-project-gpep/research-themes/
I could go on but my students often complain that I give them way too much reading so I am trying to cut back :).
