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Crashing the War Party will be back in 2024!
We’ve had quite a year and I cannot tell you how grateful we are for all our Crashing the War Party listeners. We’ve had some amazing guests this year…
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Kelley Vlahos
Truces End, Kissinger Dies, and the World Keeps Turning
We're on a much needed break, but the news keeps going
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
November 2023
Matt Petti on Western media manipulation in the Israel-Hamas conflict
According to journalist Matthew Petti's number crunching, 31% of English-speaking media have been using the phrase "Hamas-led Health Ministry" since…
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
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Giorgio Cafiero: Expect 'horrific blowback' to US policy on US-Gaza
Experts are now speculating that America's reputation in the world, particularly in the Middle East, is taking a hit worse than when it invaded and…
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
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One Month Into the Israel-Hamas Conflict
Let's recap some stuff you may have missed
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
There was never a 'pivot' away from the Middle East. There should have been.
A popular narrative after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and ensuing retaliation by Israel has been that the U.S. had dropped the ball because it had 'pivoted…
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
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October 2023
Adam Weinstein and the US Troops in Harm's Way in the Middle East
There are currently 2,500 American troops in Iraq and another 900 in Syria. Their bases have come under repeated fire in both countries since the Oct. 7…
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
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Gaza War: US policy in the Middle East has failed
In this special episode, Kelley and Dan update the headlines from the Gaza strip and talk about how U.S. policy in the region has become increasingly…
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
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Mike Brenes on the broken defense industry: you can't get ammo from a stone
It took the Ukraine war to show how broken the U.S. war machine really is. President Eisenhower warned about the military-industrial complex in 1961 and…
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
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Sumantra Maitra asks: Why can't we have a dormant NATO?
The Ukraine War has exposed a lot when it comes to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — otherwise known as NATO. Aside from the "renewed mission…
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
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September 2023
The libertarian split over Ukraine and more, from friends Kyle Anzalone & Connor Freeman
We welcomed back to the show this week the co-hosts of Conflicts of Interest podcast, Kyle Anzalone & Connor Freeman, who both write and edit and…
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
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Michael Swaine warns against 'radical deterrence' in US-China policy
Ask anyone in Washington and they'll tell you, in varying levels of panic, that China is a threat to the United States. Some will say it's the greatest…
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Kelley Vlahos
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Daniel Larison
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