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Foreign Policy, Authoritarianism, and Teaching at the US Naval War College (w/ Yvonne Chiu)
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In this episode of Everyday Philosophers, Robert Gressis (California State University, Northridge) interviews Yvonne Chui (US Naval War College) about what it's like to teach at a military institution (no, you can't make your students do push-ups) and her research on the unsustainability of soft authoritarianism.
0:03:29 The US Naval War College: “where is it?”, “Do you teach … tactics?!”, and other such questions
13:23 Teaching at the US Naval War College compared to the University of Hong Kong; the key word is “diplomatic”
26:50 Alone at the Hoover Institution 29:02 What “soft” authoritarianism is
38:41 Why soft authoritarianism (at least in south Asia) is unsustainable
54:24 The sustainability and attractiveness of China’s hard authoritarianism
58:33 Trump, China, and authoritarian countries
1:05:26 Is China exceptional, or should we expect more hard authoritarian governments to start getting rich?
1:07:33 Does China have a lot of paid operatives in the USA?
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