Brent Giannotta talks Democracy Promotion | Focus Interviews

We sit down to discuss how to effectively combat authoritarianism, assist the spread of democracy, and learn from our past foreign policy mistakes.

-Table of Contents-

00:00 — Getting started

01:01 — How should we deal (or not deal) economically with authoritarian powers?

06:46 — Are we comfortable being as sanguine about China as we are about Russia?

12:32 — What should we do about crucial strategic partners who may be less-than-democratic (or worse)?

18:55 — You said we could have done nation-building in Afghanistan successfully. How?

28:33 — How can we formulate an attractive economic policy package to partners in Asia?

33:52 — What motivates mass shootings? Is it ideology or something else?

42:47 — Wrapping up

-Important References-

NYT Solar Article

Germany/Russia explainer #1

Explainer #2

Anne Applebaum's article + our discussion of it

Brent's post on Afghanistan

Brent's LA Times on QAnon & ISIL

Brent's Twitter

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