#357 — America & World Order

Sam Harris speaks with Bret Stephens about America’s place in the
world. They discuss the waning Pax Americana, American
isolationism, Republican fondness for Putin, Tucker Carlson, why
America should support Ukraine, the significance of Alexei
Navalny, what it would mean to properly hold Putin responsible
for his death, nuclear blackmail, valid criticisms of Israel, the
war in Gaza, Palestinian public opinion, the need for total
military defeat, a two-state solution, the isolation of Israel at
the UN and the International Criminal Court of Justice, waning
support for the war in the Biden Administration, Hezbollah and
war with Iran, Israeli politics and the settlements in the West
Bank, charges of “settler colonialism,” antisemitism as a series
of double standards, the prospect of a Trump victory in 2024,
Biden’s age problem, the crisis at the southern border, U.S.
immigration policy, and other topics.


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