Episode 122: Democracy Promotion and Demography Commotion




The American Interest show

Summary: <div style="background-color: #eee; float: right; width: 30%; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; font-size: .85em;"> <p><span style="">Relevant Reading:</span></p> <a href="http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/06/02/us-democracy-promotion-aim-lower/"><strong>US Democracy Promotion: Aim Lower</strong></a><br> Aaron David Miller &amp; Richard Sokolsky<a href="http://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/06/06/demography-and-migration-are-reshaping-the-transatlantic-alliance/"><strong>Demography and Migration Are Reshaping the Transatlantic Alliance</strong></a><br> Andrew A. Michta </div><p>Good evening, listeners! We have an excellent episode for you this week as host Richard Aldous invites Aaron David Miller and Andrew A. Michta back to the podcast.</p>Aaron David Miller, a vice president of the Woodrow Wilson Center and a former analyst, adviser, and negotiator in Republican and Democratic Administrations, returns to the program to discuss the problems that arise when organizing U.S. foreign policy around the notion of promoting democracy.We then welcome back to the show Andrew A. Michta, professor of National Security Affairs at Naval War College, adjunct fellow at CSIS, and columnist here at <em>The American Interest</em>, to talk about how demography is going to further strain NATO in the coming years.Be sure to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/american-interest-podcast/id821109533?mt=2">subscribe</a> to the podcast on iTunes where you can also leave a review, and follow Aaron David Miller <a href="https://twitter.com/aarondmiller2">@aarondmiller2</a>, Andrew A. Michta <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewmichta">@andrewmichta</a>, and Richard Aldous <a href="https://twitter.com/rjaldous">@RJAldous</a> on Twitter.