335 | America's Pacific Power Paradox and the Roots of Asia's Instability with Van Jackson

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Van Jackson, author of Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of Asian Peace, joins The Realignment to discuss why he believes the U.S. is often the source of threats to peace in the Asia-Pacific, rather than the bulwark against instability, alternate security arrangements that aren't reliant on American primacy,  the cost of the foreign policy "blob's" lack of focus on political economy, and the future of progressive foreign policy