Tommy and Ben discuss the military takeover in Myanmar and how President Biden should respond, Alexey Navalny’s sentencing in Russia, Poland’s near-total abortion ban, the Biden administration’s pause on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, textbook revisions in Saudi Arabia, and disparities in Israel’s mass vaccination campaign. Then Ben talks to journalist and host of the Black Diplomats podcast Terrell Jermaine Starr about how domestic activism fits into American foreign policy.

After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made by Ben Rhodes is available for pre-order here.

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