In Episode 376 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned economist, bestselling author, and professor at Columbia University, where he was the former director of The Earth Institute. He is also one of the most reputable critics of U.S. foreign policy and the ‘Deep State’, especially as it pertains to the ongoing war in Ukraine and U.S. relations towards Moscow since the end of the Cold War.
Jeffrey Sachs last appeared on Hidden Forces in late June to discuss his criticisms of the U.S. intelligence community and American foreign policy. In Part II of that conversation, Demetri asked Dr. Sachs back on the podcast to discuss his central critique of U.S. foreign policy as it pertains primarily to the breakdown in US-Russia relations and the War in Ukraine.
Sachs and Kofinas discuss much of the relevant post-cold War history, including NATO enlargement, the breakdown in arms control, the invasions of Georgia and Ukraine, and why we should assume that America’s confrontational policies toward Russia are to blame for the breakdown in US-Russia relations if America’s more accommodative policies toward China during a similar period failed to produce the opposite result.
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00:00 – Introduction
03:24 – Jeffrey Sachs’ “Worldview”
09:31 – Comparisons between Russia & China
12:00 - Neoconservatism vs. Internationalism
19:14 - Mearsheimer’s Warnings
30:59 - China’s Militarization & Russian Counterfactuals
35:00 - The Iraq Debacle
41:00 - Is Everything Really America’s Fault?
43:08 – Should the US have Demilitarized?
45:51 – Failed Assassination of Donald Trump
49:04 – Trump Doctrine
52:22 – A New Way Forward
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Episode Recorded on 07/30/2024