Gross Diplomacy

About this episode

Elohim Monard returns to discuss Peru's political crisis and its implications in the context of US-China relations and military spending.

Peru has had seven presidents in nine years, homicides have nearly doubled, and extortion is up sixfold - and yet the country just tried to buy $3.5 billion worth of F-16s. Elohim Monard returns to diagnose a political crisis that doubles as a case study in great-power failure. From "gross diplomacy" on social media to a runoff framed as "cancer versus HIV," Peru is caught between Washington and Beijing with no strategy of its own. -- Timestamps: (00:00) - Welcome and Guest Intro (00:37) - Gross Diplomacy Sparks (01:51) - US Diplomatic Decline (05:17) - Trump Centralized Foreign Policy (07:08) - Peru F-16 Deal Controversy (12:28) - Why F-16s Make No Sense (17:13) - Peru Budget and Military Inertia (21:43) - Peru Election and Crime Surge (24:32) - Fujimori Question Setup (24:58) - Fujimori Paradox (26:38) - Instability Origins (28:32) - Democracy Tradeoffs (30:43) - Sanchez and Castillo (33:51) - Cleavages Over Policy (36:57) - US China Reality Check (39:03) - Beyond Great Powers (45:07) - Inequality Fuels Populism (49:52) - No Offers From Washington (51:28) - Latin America Leadership Void (56:44) - Closing and Signoff -- Referenced in the Show: -- Jacob Shapiro Site…

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Shapiro

Guest: Elohim Monard

Topics covered

• Peru political crisis
• US-China relations
• military spending
• diplomatic strategies
• populism
• elections
• crime rates

Keywords

• Peru
• F-16s
• diplomacy
• political crisis
• crime
• elections
• populism
• US-China
• military
• instability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington, Beijing

Products: F-16s

Places: Peru

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