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Van Jackson
Professor of International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington
Van Jackson is a professor of international relations at Victoria University of Wellington. He is a leading expert on national security and foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region. Jackson has written extensively on topics such as China's rise, regional security, and the future of the US alliance system.
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US Territorial Confession | The Economist Loves Australian Empire | ICE Raids Are Bad for the Economy | Keeping Climate Protest Alive | Ep. 318The Un-Diplomatic PodcastSep 4, 20261:22:22HostInside the Tech Worker Movement Against Oligarchy, w/ Clarissa Redwine and JS Tan | Ep. 317The Un-Diplomatic PodcastAug 28, 20261:09:31HostCan DSA Go Global? | Twilight of the "Resistance Liberal” | Drone Dominance Farce | Bond Market Crisis | Korea War Games and Peace Talk | Ep. 316The Un-Diplomatic PodcastAug 21, 20261:44:13HostTupac Against Marco Rubio | The Token Black Professor Problem | The Poverty of Capitalist Education | International Relations After BLM w/ Robbie Shilliam | Ep. 315The Un-Diplomatic PodcastAug 14, 20261:24:59HostTa-Nehisi Coates and Hasan Minhaj Define Empire | The Left-Populist Wave is Here | UAE As Sub-Imperial Power | Interview w/ William Lawrence | Ep. 314The Un-Diplomatic PodcastAug 7, 20261:44:58HostWhat is Left Populism? | The Forever Missile Gap | American Colonies in 2026 | Far-Right Deep State | Inside The Pentagon’s Secret Munitions Meeting | Ep. 313The Un-Diplomatic PodcastAug 1, 202646:33HostThink Tank Legitimacy Crisis | Red Scare 6.0 | Nuclear Disarmament Dismay | Rubio's Cuba Witch Hunt | Democrat Iran-War Kayfabe | Ep. 312The Un-Diplomatic PodcastJul 24, 202637:42HostChina Election Conspiracy | Far-Left Terrorism Deflection | How Great-Power Rivalry Causes Repression Politics | Ep. 311The Un-Diplomatic PodcastJul 17, 202642:31HostGeopolitical Insider Trading | China’s Pacific Missile Test | Iran-War Ceasefire Lie | Graham Platner | Ep. 310The Un-Diplomatic PodcastJul 10, 202630:44HostSocialist Foreign Policy | Zach Woods Attacks James Carville | The Billionaire's Coup Playbook | Independence Day (1996) w/ Morgan Spector | Ep. 309The Un-Diplomatic PodcastJul 3, 20261:40:34HostPost-Liberal International Relations and the End of Ideology, w/ Daniel Bessner | Ep. 308The Un-Diplomatic PodcastJun 26, 20261:00:40HostPacific Power Rebrand | Iran War Peace Deal | Peter Theil’s Secret Society | The Politics of Antimilitarism | Ep. 307The Un-Diplomatic PodcastJun 19, 202649:36HostWho Should Run Democratic Party Foreign Policy? Not the Genocide Squad! With Harrison Mann | Ep. 306The Un-Diplomatic PodcastJun 12, 20261:02:05HostAnti-Tech Extremism, or Populism? | China-Data Center Conspiracy Theory | New Zealand’s Military Trap | Bernie’s A.I. Proposal | Hegseth’s Shangri-La Primacy Fantasy | Ep. 305The Un-Diplomatic PodcastJun 5, 202645:24HostComedians Against Nuclear War, War Crimes, and Wars on Democracy, w/ Orli Matlow and William Hartung | Ep. 304The Un-Diplomatic PodcastMay 29, 20261:07:08HostLive! Imperial End Times: The Geopolitics of Class War in a Post-American World | Ep. 303The Un-Diplomatic PodcastMay 21, 20261:02:24HostChina Summit Realism | Graham Platner Defines the Working Class | Gorka's Counter-Terrorism Anxiety | Ep. 302The Un-Diplomatic PodcastMay 15, 202645:23HostA Non-Aligned Global Order and the Post-American World, w/ Nils Gilman | Ep. 301The Un-Diplomatic PodcastMay 8, 20261:00:23HostImperialist Worldmaking | Graham Platner’s Victory | Israeli Piracy | China Threat Decline | Rubio’s Panama Problem | Ep. 300The Un-Diplomatic PodcastMay 1, 202630:21HostPalantir’s Fascist Manifesto | Substack Controversy | Iran Blockade Contradiction | Graham Platner’s NYT Debut | SecNav Fired | Ep. 299The Un-Diplomatic PodcastApr 24, 202642:14Host