Are The US and Russia Losing Their Wars? (Ft. Benjamin Studebaker)

About this episode

The episode discusses the geopolitical situations in Iran, Ukraine, and Cuba, questioning whether the U.S. and Russia are losing their wars.

Get access to The Backroom (100+ exclusive episodes) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime Benjamin Studebaker joins me on 1Dime Radio for another episode in our regular series of wide-ranging conversations. This time we get into the geopolitical situations in Iran, Ukraine, and Cuba, asking whether the U.S. and Russia are both stuck in wars they cannot neatly win. We analyze how Iran’s power structure has changed, what Ukraine’s drone strategy signals about the war with Russia, and how North American energy business interests fit into the picture. We also touch on Cuba’s demographic pressures, the influence of the “success” of the Venezuela action, and the limits of the U.S. legislative system. In the Backroom on Patreon, Studebaker and I dig into a simple, yet highly nuanced question: what is politics, actually? What even is We argue that politics isn’t consensus-building or administration. Instead, politics is the process of making collective decisions amid real disagreement. We also get into why left activism avoids politics, how bureaucratic systems hollow out action, and what democracy and legitimacy really mean. We discuss Arendt, Schmitt, the Platonic Good, and…

People in this episode

Host: Tony of 1Dime

Guest: Benjamin Studebaker

Topics covered

• geopolitics
• US-Russia relations
• Iran
• Ukraine
• Cuba
• energy business
• politics

Keywords

• geopolitical situations
• US
• Russia
• Iran
• Ukraine
• Cuba
• energy business
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Iran, Ukraine, Cuba, Venezuela

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