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None Of The Above

None Of The Above

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 As the United States confronts an ever-changing set of international challenges, our foreign policy leaders continue to offer the same old answers. But what are the alternatives? In None Of The Above, the Eurasia Group Institute for Global Affairs' Mark Hannah asks leading global thinkers for new answers and new ideas to guide an America increasingly adrift in the world. www.noneoftheabovepodcast.orgCopyright 2023, Institute for Global Affairs Political Science Politics & Government Science Social Sciences
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