{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e3db1b9659d595770f8b9b0/680b8988989b5524780cd91c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"UFOs, Aliens, & National Security","description":"<p>Alexander Wendt, political scientist at Ohio State University, discusses his forthcoming book <em>The Last Humans: UFOs &amp; National Security,</em> on the political and national security consequences of discovering that Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) are piloted by intelligent extra-terrestrial life. He argues that the ontological shock from this discovery risks triggering a civilizational “auto-immune reaction” of widespread disorder that could undermine the international state system and suggests possible policies and pathways to responsibly prepare for this scenario.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Alexander Wendt, The Last Humans: UFOs and National Security (forthcoming from Oxford University Press)</p><p><br></p><p>Alexander Wendt, Raymond Duvall, “<a href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0090591708317902\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sovereignty and the UFO</a>,” <em>Political Theory</em>, 36(4), 607-633.</p>","author_name":"Cato Institute"}