Episode 13: Humanitarian Interventions and the Right's Struggle with Inequality




The American Interest show

Summary: Relevant Reading: A Model Humanitarian Intervention?: Reassessing NATO’s Libya Campaign Alan J. Kuperman The Right Wrestles with the Inequality Debate Walter Russell Mead Good evening and happy Cinco de Mayo, TAI podcast listeners! Weve got a real treat for you this week. First, host Richard Aldous talks Libya and Syria with Alan Kuperman, Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. The two discuss the fiasco that was NATOs intervention in Libya, and contrast the decision to overthrow Qaddafi with the restraint being shown by the West in confronting Assad in Syria. Then, Walter Russell Mead comes on the show to discuss his recent essay on the troublesome issue of inequality for the right, and the historical roots of the modern-day divide between establishment and Tea Party Republicans. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, and follow our host, Richard Aldous, on Twitter @RJAldous.