House of Dynamite, ICBMs in flight, and how nuclear deterrence would really go down
Show notes
"I really don't think the United States today has a functioning national government."This week, Sam Roggeveen and Hugh White break down what Trump and Albanese's visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Kuala Lumpur tells us about the current state of power in Asia. Then, they talk about the new Netflix series A House of Dynamite, how realistic it is, and what it tell us about the current state of nuclear proliferation. Finally, they provide some reading recommendations, on both foreign policy and some personal favourites.For more, check out the latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs, The Bomb: Will Asia go nuclear?