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Tricky Strategic Changes

On this episode of American Prestige, Stephen Wertheim on changes in US foreign policy.

Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

August 20, 2024

In a TV speech to the nation from the White House, President Nixon announces that several thousand American ground troops have entered Cambodia to wipe out the Communist headquarters for all military operations against South Vietnam.(Getty Images)

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Tricky Strategic Changes w/ Stephen Wertheim | American Prestige
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On this episode of American Prestige, champion Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, returns for a discussion of his recent piece for Carnegie, “Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy.” The group muses on the difficulty of altering established foreign policy paradigms before delving into several case studies such as NSC-68, Nixon's Vietnam WithdrawalCarter's Failed Korea Withdrawal, NATO Enlargementand the Global War on Terroremphasizing the need for foresight, strategic planning, and a willingness to incur political costs to make such change possible.

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On this episode of American Prestige, champion Stephen Wertheim, senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, returns for a discussion of his recent piece for Carnegie, “Strategic Change in U.S. Foreign Policy.” The group muses on the difficulty of altering established foreign policy paradigms before delving into several case studies such as NSC-68, Nixon’s Vietnam withdrawal, Carter’s failed Korea Wwithdrawal, NATO enlargement, and the Global War on Terror, emphasizing the need for foresight, strategic planning, and a willingness to incur political costs to make such change possible.

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The US vs Social Democracy in Ecuador w/ Ryan Grim and Jose Olivares | American Prestige
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On this episode of American Prestige, Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site Newsand investigative journalist José Olivares join the show to talk about their recent piece for Drop Site revealing how Ecuador’s US-linked attorney general is using her office to attack the country’s left. The group gives the background of Rafael Correa and his left-wing “Correísmo” movement, how Correa and his successors became targets of “anti-corruption” Attorney General Diana Salazar, leaked messages of Salazar’s obtained by Drop Site leading to explosive allegations, the United States' potential links with assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, and why the US remains interested in domestic Ecuadorian politics.

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Derek DavisonDerek Davison is a writer and analyst specializing in international affairs and US foreign policy. He is the publisher of the Foreign Exchanges newsletter, cohost of the American Prestige podcast, and former editor of LobeLog.


Daniel BessnerTwitterDaniel Bessner is an historian of US foreign relations, and cohost of American Prestige, a podcast on international affairs.


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