Economics Matters by Laurence Kotlikoff Podcast Adam Garfinkle, Renowned Historian and Political Scientist, Discusses American Global Realignment. How Real and How Far Reaching? 9 1 1× 0:00 Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -57:02 -57:02 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Adam Garfinkle, Renowned Historian and Political Scientist, Discusses American Global Realignment. How Real and How Far Reaching? Larry Kotlikoff Mar 03, 2025 9 1 Share Transcript We are in uncharted waters as President Trump coddles Russia, extorts Ukraine, threatens allies, and lays claim to Canada, Gaza, Panama, and Greenland. How much of this is theater and how much is reality? Does it spell the end of NATO, invite China to invade Taiwan, presage World War III? No one can say, but Adam Garfinkle -- one of the world's most experienced and thoughtful experts on geopolitics -- has graciously joined Economics Matters to discuss our nation's uncertain and sorely troubled future. Do listen/watch the podcast. But also read Adam's article, The End of NATO . Here's Adam's Wiki entry. Adam M. Garfinkle is an American historian and political scientist and the founding editor of The American Interest , a bimonthly public policy magazine. He was previously editor of The National Interest . Author of 15 books, he has been a university teacher and a staff member at high levels of the U.S. government . He was a speechwriter to more than one U.S. Secretary of State . Garfinkle was a speechwriter for both of President George W. Bush 's Secretaries of State, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice . He was editor of The National Interest and left to edit The American Interest in 2005. Francis Fukuyama , Eliot Cohen , Zbigniew Brzezinski , Josef Joffe , and Ruth Wedgwood were among the magazine's founding leadership. Early in his career, Adam worked at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (1972–1978 and from 1981). He taught American foreign policy and Middle East politics at the University of Pennsylvania (1980–1989) and Johns Hopkins University 's School of Advanced International Studies . He has also taught at Drexel University (1980), Widener College (Chester, Pennsylvania) (1981), Haverford College (1991), and Tel Aviv University (1992–1993). He served on the staff of the National Security Study Group of the US Commission on National Security/21st Century (the Hart-Rudman Commission), as an aide to General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. (1979–1980), and an assistant to Senator Henry M. Jackson (1979). As of 2009, he was a member of the project "Middle East at Harvard" (MESH). Garfinkle has a B.A. , M.A. (both 1972), and Ph.D. (1979) in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania . Subscribe Share World’s Top Financial Planning Tool Economic Matters - The podcast is hosted by Laurence Kotlikoff, a Boston University Economist, a NY Times Best Selling Author , President of maxifi.com , and Author of Money Magic . Stay Connected: Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify iHeart Amazon Music Discussion about this episode Comments Restacks Economics Matters by Laurence Kotlikoff Podcast Economics can make a massive difference - collectively and personally. Listen in as we chat with some of the most influential leaders in economics across the globe. Economics can make a massive difference - collectively and personally. Listen in as we chat with some of the most influential leaders in economics across the globe. Subscribe Listen on Substack App RSS Feed Appears in episode Larry Kotlikoff Recent Episodes Naill Ferguson, the Preeminent Economic Historian, Talks Geopolitics -- Yesterday's, Today's, and Tomorrow's Aug 10 • Larry Kotlikoff Jack Schibli of Lane Generational Explains Why the Stock Market Runs Largely on Autopilot and the Equity-Investing Danger this Presents Aug 2 • Larry Kotlikoff The Brilliant and Captivating Justin Wolfers Talks Economics and the Economy Jul 31 • Larry Kotlikoff Economics Matter's First Substack Live! Talking Social Security's Extreme Insolvency with Pam Krueger, Founder and CEO of Wealthramp, and… Jul 29 • Larry Kotlikoff Brilliant Investing Requires Thinking and Looking Outside the Box -- Steve Laffey Is an Extraordinary Investor. This is a Podcast You Can't… Jul 23 Economist John Goodman, Father of HSAs and One of America's Most Influential Policymakers, Talks US Healthcare Reform Jul 16 • Larry Kotlikoff Bruce Mehlman Joins Economics Matters to Discuss the Long-Term Economic Impact of the War in Iran, Geopolitics, Economic History, and His… Jul 2 • Larry Kotlikoff Sebastian Mallaby Returns to Discuss AI and his Latest Bestseller: The Infinity Machine. Jun 25 • Larry Kotlikoff