Past Present Future
Past Present Future
David Runciman
Talking Geopolitics with Helen Thompson: The Weirdness of American Power Part 2
58 minutes Posted Jan 28, 2026 at 6:00 am.
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Today’s episode is the second part of David’s conversation with Helen Thompson about what makes living in a world dominated by the United States so strange. What has changed about American power in the twenty-first century? Is Trump a deviation from the norm or is he simply an extension of it? Why does Greenland matter? And what is at stake as the contest between the US and China ramps up to the next level?

Next Time: What’s Wrong with Political Philosophy? 

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