Rep. Ro Khanna’s vision for a new, “progressive” foreign policy

Worldly

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), one of the leading minds advocating for a radical rethinking of US foreign policy, sits down with Jenn for a conversation about what a “progressive” foreign policy would look like and how it would actually be applied in tough conflicts from Yemen to Iran to China. Links to resources discussed: We are conducting an audience survey to better serve you. It takes no more than five minutes, and it really helps out the show. Please take our survey here. Rep. Khanna referenced Alexis De Tocqueville’s Democracy in America Francis Fukuyama’s The End of History?John Quincy Adams’ Warning Against the Search for “Monsters to Destroy”Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments And the writings of Katrina vanden Heuvel Here are two pieces that provide more background on Yemen More on Kissinger and realpolitik The NYT op-ed by Masuda Sultan that Khanna referenced Guest: US Congressman Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna), representing Silicon Valley's CA17 Host:Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox More to explore:Subscribe for free to Today, Explained, Vox’s daily news podcast to help you understand the news, hosted by Sean Rameswaram. About Vox:Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow us:Vox.com Newsletter: Vox Sentences Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Support for this show comes from Krakan.
0:03.0	Krypto is like the financial system, but different.
0:07.0	It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,
0:11.0	or your outrageous food delivery habits.
0:13.7	crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.
0:18.4	Krakhan, see what crypto can be.
0:21.3	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:25.0	This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.
0:30.8	Support for this show comes from capital.com.
0:33.6	Experience seamless trading with capital.com
0:37.0	The award-winning platform will keep you up to date on thousands of global markets.
0:41.8	Trade smart with Capital.com.
0:44.4	Go to Capital.com slash Fox to learn more.
0:48.0	75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading spread bets and
0:51.2	CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and CFDs with this provider.
0:53.0	You should consider whether you understand how spread bets and
0:55.0	CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Since World War II, there's been a bipartisan consensus on how American foreign policy should broadly speaking
1:15.3	work. But in the past few years, this consensus has started to crack. It's not only because of Trump, but also
1:21.0	some leading progressives are arguing that it's time for a rethink, for a change
1:24.9	in the way that we conduct and understand American foreign policy.
1:28.6	So for the next few weeks, we're going to talk to some of the top people in this intramural debate on the left, some leading members of Congress and academics on both sides of the
1:36.4	argument. This week on worldly part of the Fox Media Podcast Network, Jen
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.