When Things Fall Apart
Episode #47
On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil discuss the Israeli-Hamas conflict, concerns over the state of civil-military relations in the US, the politics behind Supreme Court justice retirements, and a look at the state of democracy in El Salvador and the United States.
Articles related to this week’s episode:
“The worsening state of U.S. civil-military relations” by Daniel W. Drezner in The Washington Post
“Why Justice Breyer May Resist Calls for His Retirement” by Adam Liptak in The New York Times
“Will Nayib Bukele Be Latin America’s Next Strongman?” by Ioan Grillo in The New York Times
This week’s book rec: Just and Unjust Wars by Michael Walzer