Hello from a South Korean ballot box! (Tammy wishes.)
This week, Andy and Tammy talk to the political scientist Neta C. Crawford* of Boston University (soon, Oxford University) about the human and ecological costs of the war in Ukraine, the China dimension, and what a global movement for peace should strive for.
Plus: Andy discusses his review essay on Chinese economic history and neoliberalism in The Nation; Tammy freaks out over the imminent South Korean presidential election and reflects on outgoing leader Moon Jae-in; and Andy reveals his secret recipe for Whole Foods salmon poke (YouTube).
Some links:
Brown’s invaluable Costs of War project, co-directed by Neta
Neta’s forthcoming book, The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War
Rohini Hensman on the long history of Russia–Ukraine
Isaac Chotiner’s interview with John Mearsheimer
* Apols for mispronouncing “Neta” at the top of the show. It’s NEE-TA.
Also: stripe twins!
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Hope in a time of war, with Neta Crawford