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Sir Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and columnist at The Free Press, joins the show in front of a live audience to discuss the perilous moment we find ourselves in and how it all relates to history. What is the status of the Iran war? What is influencing President Donald Trump’s policymaking? How do we defeat a dangerous wave of “anti-history”? And are we on the brink of a world war, a cold war, or something in between?
03:35 - Historical analogies for today
09:51 - Short war illusion
15:14 - We’re in a Cold War II
18:12 - Putin’s essay from 2021
19:50 - Russia-Ukraine war
25:29 - The American mythos of WWII
26:58 - Anti-history
30:04 - The life work of Bill Buckley
31:37 - Return of antisemitism and socialism
32:52 - President Trump’s worldview
36:37 - The war in Iran
47:45 - The new state of warfighting
53:53 - President Trump’s treatment of Ukraine
57:17 - Risks of Taiwan conflict
01:03:57 - Limits to air power
01:06:58 - Reversal of historical revisionism
01:12:30 - Story about Aaron’s father
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