Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Robert Wright reviews the year in US foreign policy with Connor Echols of Responsible Statecraft and Andrew Day of The American Conservative.

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0:00 What's the long game in Venezuela?
19:29 MAGA's Monroe Doctrine
17:03 Trump as deep state puppet
22:09 Will Trump oust Maduro?
25:44 Connor: Trump's foreign policy is a "profoundly mixed bag"
38:31 Has Israel lost the American electorate?
44:55 Andrew: Trump's Ukraine peace plan isn’t pro-Russia
50:06 Silicon Valley’s inept arms makers
57:44 The administration's view(s) on China and Taiwan
1:11:27 Europe learns to speak Trump

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True), Andrew Day (The American Conservative), and Connor Echols (Responsible Statecraft). Recorded December 18, 2025.

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