Hello!

Today, we talk about Trump’s kinda weird and ultimately wishy-washy war games with South Korea, what it means about his relationship to the north and a whole lot of history with Van Jackson, an Associate Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, where he specializes in peace studies and the class politics of geopolitics. He is also host of The Un-Diplomatic Podcast, and author of The Un-Diplomatic Newsletter.

I really enjoyed this pod because of something Van asked in his substack: What good are US Troops in Korea? He answers that question for us, drawing on his former life as what’s known as a Korea Hand in the Obama Pentagon and how he made a turn to the left and anti-imperialist politics.

Enjoy!

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