Feeble Criticism of War With Iran Echoes the Lead-Up to War With Iraq
We need to take a firm stand against this reckless and pointless war, not fixate on whether or not it was done the "right way."
Joseph Stieb
Joseph Stieb is an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of The Regime Change Consensus: Iraq in American Politics, 1990-2003. He is working on a book about conservatives' ideas about terrorism.
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The Culture War Eats Foreign Policy (Neon Liberalism #56, with Joe Stieb)
Join Samantha and guest Joe Stieb, assistant professor at UNC Chapel Hill, as they talk about Donald Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy. This strange document treats the European Union as our enemy, Russia as an afterthought, and obsesses over the dangers of "DEI." Stieb argues that
Sovereignty for Me, None for Thee
Donald Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy reveals a radical blood-and-soil conception of national strategy based on maintaining white patriarchal Christian domination at home and abroad.
The Warmonger Rebrand
Rebranding the Department of Defense as the "Department of War" is one more proof of Trump II's bellicose intentions.
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Neon Liberalism #39: An Unsettled Age
The future of the world order is more uncertain than it has been since the fall of the Soviet Union—which is to say, up for grabs. Join Samantha and guest Joe Stieb, assistant professor at UNC Chapel Hill and historian of American foreign policy, as they discuss how the
How the Restraint Movement Lost Its Way
The restraint movement's attachment to Trump has compromised its ability to offer a credible alternative to American foreign policy orthodoxy.
Moyn's Muddle on Ukraine
Moyn makes both historical and moral errors in his analysis, and at times he uncritically adopts Putin’s perspective.