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• The pros and cons of globalization
• The end of trust in the global system
• What was behind the WTO protests of the 1990s
• How 1999's WTO Protests Influenced the Policing of Protests Today
• China, China, China
• The Covid shock
• White goods?
• And we have to talk about McDonald’s
• How sanctions created the multipolar world
• “There’s no trust between the U.S., China, and Russia.”
• Autocrats or historical forces?
• Martyring Jack Ma
• What will happen to prices
• How to make a T-shirt
• How much would the iPhone cost if it were made in America?
• The Houthis attack on the global supply chain
• “I don’t know why you’re so sad about McDonald’s”

Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided

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Between the idea and the reality falls the shadow. Marine Corps veteran J.D. Vance will soon be vice president. Pete Hegseth, a man with a Crusader Kings tattoo who doesn’t want women to serve in combat roles, is probably going to be confirmed as secretary of defense. Over New Years, two members of the U.S. military committed domestic terror attacks.

Today on Angry Planet we get into the highs and lows of the American military with Marine Corps vet and author Phil Klay.

• What are the limits of amoral pragmatism?
• “Most troops are opposed to murder.”
• A rant about Crusader Kings.
• Vance’s view.
• Trump, Hegseth and the Honor of the American Military
• Asking Pete Hegseth how many pushups he can do during a confirmation hearing
• The Cult of ‘Sicario’
• Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALs Who Turned In Edward Gallagher
• Sen. Ted Cruz insulted a ‘woke, emasculated’ U.S. Army ad. Angry veterans fired back.

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It’s hard to read the mind of a dictator, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying.

When Russian President invaded Ukraine in February of 2022, there were a million columns, videos and podcasts explaining “the real reason” for such a “crazy” move.

Well, anyone who tells the story from February 2022 is missing decades of Russian interference in Ukraine, with low points coming during the Orange Revolution of 2005 and then in 2014. The Euromaidan protests ended with the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych and Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

But what made Putin take that next step eight years later?

Lucian Kim is a journalist with vast experience in the region, working in Berlin and as NPR’s bureau chief in Moscow. If you can trust anyone to know what brought the world to war, it’s him—hell, he wrote a book on the subject: Putin’s Revenge: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine.

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