{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/62f3cac2e1b60600126a302e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The “Very Model of a Modern Major General” Edition","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/show-cover.png?height=200","description":"<p>This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by special guest Ravi Agrawal, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, to hash through the week's big national&nbsp;security news, including:</p><ul><li>“Canned Strategy.” The war in Ukraine and tensions over Taiwan have led the Biden administration to further revise its <a href=\"https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2022/08/01/white-house-aims-to-release-overdue-security-strategies-within-weeks/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">long overdue National Security Strategy</a>, which it now intends to release in the fall. What do we already know about Biden’s grand strategy? And how should we evaluate it?</li><li>“Mar-a-Leggo My Federal Records.” Yesterday, the FBI executed a <a href=\"https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-we-do-and-dont-know-about-fbis-mar-lago-search\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate</a>, reportedly in search of classified documents that Trump had retained in violation of federal records laws. How serious a step is this and what does it mean for the broader universe of investigations surrounding Trump and his associates?&nbsp;</li><li>“Milley Not So Vanilli.” A <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/inside-the-war-between-trump-and-his-generals\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shocking new report</a> details former President Trump’s contentious relationship with his generals—including a particularly contentious relationship with his Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley that has some experts concerned about civ-mil relations. Were Milley and the other generals out of line? Is there reason to be concerned moving forward?</li></ul><p>For object lessons, Alan gave a double-headed recommendation: for the late David McCullough, and specifically his eponymous biography of John Adams; and the lovely town of Asheville, NC. Quinta passed along Caitlin Dickerson's investigation of the Trump administration's child separation policies in The Atlantic, \"<a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/trump-administration-family-separation-policy-immigration/670604/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Family-Separation Policy</a>.\"&nbsp;Scott celebrated the discovery of the greatest food hack in history, which he acquired via Dan Souza's YouTube series, \"<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnbzopdwFrnZc-UgGYETAQair7VzS7_Z8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">What's Eating Dan?</a>\": putting cream of tartar on fresh tomatoes (along with salt, pepper, and sugar) to make even mediocre ones delicious. And Ravi urged listeners to check out both <a href=\"https://foreignpolicy.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign Policy</a><em> </em>and his podcast there, <a href=\"https://foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/global-reboot/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Global Reboot</a><em>.</em></p><p>Be sure to visit our&nbsp;show&nbsp;page at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.lawfareblog.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.lawfareblog.com</a>&nbsp;and to follow us on Twitter at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/RatlSecurity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@RatlSecurity</a>.</p><p>And Rational&nbsp;Security&nbsp;listeners can get a committed ad-free feed&nbsp;by becoming a<em> Lawfare</em> material supporter at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/lawfare\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com/lawfare</a>!</p>","author_name":"The Lawfare Institute"}