Dec. 24, 2025
New Series Premiere!
Our new series, "Tea, Drugs, and Jesus," has premiered! Ben Franklin got China wrong, and America still does today! Marshall again leads our discussion in this new series, looking at how the United States keeps misunderstanding China — in no small part because American political leaders often refuse to listen to experts on Chinese affairs. Episode 201, "The Flag Follows Trade" is available now!
Upcoming Episodes!
"Tea, Drugs, and Jesus" continues:
Episode 202 (coming January 7!): While Britain and the East India Company focus on the opium trade with China, Americans of the first half of the 19th century try to break into the Chinese market with. . .well. . …
Fareed Zakaria on U.S. Isolationism and Opposition to Immigration (The Washington Post, December 19, 2025)
Columnist Fareed Zakaria assesses the Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy and draws parallels between it and American opposition to immigration in the 1920s and American isolationism in the 1930s in his Washington Post column of D…
