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Conservative Conversations with ISI
William Ruger on Russia and Ukraine A Year Later, The Need for Grand Strategy, and Washington’s “Farewell Address”
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Intercollegiate Studies Institute
In This Episode:
- William Ruger joins the podcast to discuss the war between Russia and Ukraine, how it came to be, and how America should respond
- why conservatives should take a “grand strategy” approach to foreign policy, global affairs, and the national interest
- how George Washington’s “Farewell Address” strikes the right balance for American foreign policy, and where we have departed from it today
Texts Mentioned:
- “Farewell Address" by George Washington
- Jay’s Treaty
- “The Conquest of the United States by Spain” by William Graham Sumner
- Madeleine Albright Interview with Matt Lauer
- “How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline” by Seymour Hersh
- A Student’s Guide to International Relations by Angelo Codevilla
- Monroe Doctrine
- The Tragedy of US Foreign Policy by Walter McDougall
- The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John Mearsheimer
- Responsible Statecraft magazine
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