Join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. Episode Nine has us discussing the competition for regional hegemony in the Middle East between Iran and Saudi Arabia. We talk about purges, missiles and proxy forces, all the fun things. Follow us on Twitter: @AlmostDiplo Disclaimer: The comments […]
Year: 2017
Almost Diplomatic: EP06 – Ballots & Breakups – Kurdistan and Catalonia Referendums
Join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. Episode Six we talk about the referendums going on in Kurdistan and Catalonia with a touch of Russian Bots, Bavarian Nationalism and bashing Brexit, again.
Special Operators are Everywhere – Why it shouldn’t be a surprise that U.S. Special Operations Forces were operating in Niger
In the wake of the deaths of four soldiers in Niger on October 4th, many politicians, pundits, and commentators expressed surprise that the US had special operations forces in Niger. But none of them should have. At the risk of hyperbole, U.S. Special Operations Forces are everywhere. This is partly the result of the Global […]
Almost Diplomatic: EP05 – 16 years Later, 9/11 and it’s Implications
Join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. Episode Five has us discussing the implications and where we are as a country 16 years after the 9/11 attacks. Spoiler: We talk about Afghanistan, a lot.
Almost Diplomatic: EP04 – Extremism from Barcelona to Charlottesville
Join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. In Episode Four we discuss the recent terrorist attacks and extremist incidents in Barcelona and Charlottesville focusing on the different spheres of extremism.
Almost Diplomatic: EP07 – Astropolitics & Space Junk
Join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. In Episode Seven we are looking at the final frontier, space, which is terrifying. We talk about Military policy in space and use a lot of movie references.
Almost Diplomatic: EP03 – When Borders Collide
Join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. In Episode three we are talking about border issues/disputes in a variety of fashions such as porosity, the breaching of sovereignty, and territorial claims.
Almost Diplomatic: Episode 8 – Damn AI, You Scary – Future war, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems
Join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. From TLAMs to Terminator, Episode Eight has us discussing future war and in particular, autonomous systems… and centaurs?
Almost Diplomatic: Episode 2 – The UN, Sovereignty and Such
Come join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. Episode 02 has us discussing the United Nations, Internationalism along with issues such as intervention vs. sovereignty.
Almost Diplomatic: Episode 1 – The South China Sea Covfefe
Come join the Almost Diplomatic crew to discuss geopolitics, national security and nonsense over a couple beers. Episode 01 focuses on a myriad of things including the current affairs of the South China Sea.