Why four countries will shape the US Presidential Election – and Britain is one of them

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🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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We think of the US as a universe unto itself, uninterested in the outside world. But according to geopolitics analyst and host of the Disorder podcast Jason Pack, few things influence American elections as much as three diaspora countries – Ireland, Italy and Israel – and “peer nation” the UK. Their role as political test labs for new ideas means that Keir Starmer’s victory could be good news for Democrats. But how do these “mystical relationships” work? Get Disorder wherever you get your podcasts. • We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. • Incogni keeps your private information safe, protects you from identity theft and keeps your data from being sold. There’s a special offer for Bunker listeners – Go to Incogni.com/thebunker to get an exclusive 60% off your annual plan with Incogni. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Art by James Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the bunker daily updates and explainers on news and politics. I'm Andrew Harrison.
0:14.2	Today the US presidential election is an endless source of terror
0:18.4	so people listen to podcasts like this, whether it's because Donald Trump's
0:21.9	felony convictions don't seem to have dented his
0:23.8	popularity all that much or because of ongoing questions about Biden's
0:27.6	cognitive abilities or just because the polls remain tight no matter what
0:30.9	happens. But what if the direction of U.S. elections isn't purely
0:34.9	conditioned by events within the borders of the U.S. at all? What if the debate and the battle
0:39.8	is partially framed elsewhere, not by the politics and economies of other countries or
0:44.9	by U.S. involvement there, but by the perspective those countries lend to U.S. politics.
0:50.0	That's what Global Security analysts. Jason PACT thinks.
0:52.8	Jason is a friend of the podcast
0:54.4	and the host of the Disorder Podcast,
0:56.2	which looks at the new era of global instability.
0:58.8	He has a theory that four countries shape American elections.
1:03.0	And Britain is one of them.
1:03.8	I'm all of them.
1:04.8	How are you doing? Great to be back with you, Andrew.
1:06.4	A warning, we are recording this in the before times,
1:09.6	before the British general election.
1:11.4	Cast your mind back.
1:12.3	We literally don't know who the
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