Talking Geopolitics

D-Day and the Cycles of American Reinvention

Talking Geopolitics

Show Notes

The US is divided at home and gridlocked abroad. Is the chaos a sign of decline or just the normal process of American progress?

On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss how underestimating the US led to D-Day, the myth of American decline, and how historical cycles can predict the process of US reinvention. Also: foreign policy shifts and competition with China.

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