Politics and International Relations

"Tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you who you are." —Carl Schmitt Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction: Race war 2:20 Class war 5:35 Culture war 7:09 Gender war 8:49 Religious war 12:23 Conclusion: Civil war References: - Robert Putnam: E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty‐first Century - Charles Murray: Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 - Carl Schmitt: The Concept of the Political Image: American Revolution by Mear One

"The open society is the society which is deemed in principle to embrace all humanity." —Henri Bergson Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction: The Anglo-American order 3:26 The liberal consensus 6:43 Anarcho-tyranny 9:17 Conclusion: Tyranny of the minority? References: - Pat Buchanan: Churchill, Hitler, and The Unnecessary War - Paul Gottfried: Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt - Sam Francis: Beautiful Losers: Essays on the Failure of American Conservatism - George Soros: Toward a Global Open Society - Thomas Sowell: Are Jews Generic? - Kevin MacDonald: A People That Shall Dwell Alone Image: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad America by Jon McNaughton

"What is universalism to the West is imperialism to the rest." —Samuel Huntington Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction: The last great decade 1:48 Economic homogenization 4:16 Political universalism 6:55 Clash of civilizations: The West vs The Rest 10:18 Clash of cultures: Universalizing vs Particularist References: - Francis Fukuyama: The End of History and the Last Man - Samuel P. Huntington: The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order - Richard D. Alexander: The Biology of Moral Systems Image: One Nation Under God by Jon McNaughton

"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power." —Thucydides Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction: Liberal internationalism 2:10 Challenges to the Liberal World Order 4:39 Back to the future (nationalism) 7:38 Realism (balance-of-power politics) 10:19 Conclusion: A multipolar world References: - Francis Fukuyama: The End of History and the Last Man - Samuel P. Huntington: The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order - John Mearsheimer: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics - John Mearsheimer: The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities - Graham T. Allison: Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? Image: Obamanation by Jon McNaughton