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Erin, Radha, and Loren get the band back together and invite Laura Rosenberger to dish about the launch of the Alliance for Security Democracy (her new project aimed at countering Russian efforts to undermine democratic institutions), her love of the Steelers, and our open invitation to military listeners to help us land on a carrier. Then it’s Groundhog Day in Keeping of Foreign Relations, with new antics and new histrionics around North Korea and Iran, and White House mayhem heads to New York for the U.N General Assembly. Finally, we look forward to the NDAA and the Red Sparrow movie.

Episode Reading:

• “Decoupling is Back in Asia,” Mira Rapp-Hooper, War on the Rocks
• “Why Kim Jong Un wouldn’t be irrational to use a nuclear bomb first,” Vipin Narang, The Washington PostT
• “The ABCs of Deterring North Korea,” Josh Rovner, War on the Rocks
• “The Iran Deal is Keeping the Middle East From Going Nuclear,” Richard Nephew and Ilan Goldenberg, Foreign Policy
• “The Case Against the Iranian Nuclear Deal is One Big Lie,” Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
• “How Congress can Save the State Department,” Dan Benaim, Foreign Policy
• “How Violence in Myanmar Radicalized a New Generation of Rohingya,” Hannah Beech, The New York Times
• “Walking the Line Between Covering a Rohingya Refugee Story and Changing It,” Hannah Beech, The New York Times
• Red Sparrow trailer
• “Outlander Season Preimere Recap,” Nicole Cliffe, Vulture

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