{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.undiplomaticpodcast.com%2Fepisodes%2F327-GLCMMAht","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":" What Good is the Foreign Policy Blob? w/ Jonathan Guyer | Ep. 327","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d980016a-09a3-4544-a26a-b4f94e2fd242/e0895f71-d609-49d2-b568-57ef0fe31b78/square-20podcast-20cover.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/b0504f8b-5bb1-4e9f-8702-ba75af840b3a\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\" What Good is the Foreign Policy Blob? w/ Jonathan Guyer | Ep. 327\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Has Washington's foreign policy Blob begun to internalize far-right politics? Have the most militarist sections of the Blob succeeded in infiltrating the Trump administration's foreign policy? On whom does the Iran war hang, or the trillion-dollar military budget? What function do think tanks provide? And what is the relationship of the Blob to the capitalist establishment and the power of the national security state? Jonathan Guyer joins Dr. Van Jackson to make sense of how Washington foreign policy works, especially in the wake of the Democrats' sweeping electoral victories in the 2026 mid-term elections.\n\nWatching Recommendations: Netflix's Animals; the Scream franchise.\n\nListen to Jonathan on None of the Above: https://www.noneoftheabovepodcast.org/\nRead Jonathan's essay in New York Review of Books: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/10/27/trumps-blob-foreign-policy/?lp_txn_id=1701697\nSubscribe to the Un-Diplomatic Newsletter: https://www.un-diplomatic.com/\nWatch Un-Diplomatic Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@un-diplomaticpodcast\n\nDisclaimer: The views expressed are those of the individuals and not of any institutions."}