Episode 43: The Eastern Mediterranean and North Korea

<p>Turkey and Greece are jostling over natural gas in the Mediterranean and Bob Woodward’s book&nbsp;<em>Rage</em>&nbsp;reignites the conversation about America’s stance towards North Korea.&nbsp;&nbsp;Les, Dana, and Jamil discuss America’s role in settling diplomatic disputes and how to judge the North Korean nuclear question.&nbsp;How should the U.S. project power into the Mediterranean?&nbsp;Can America help hold NATO together?&nbsp;Is America in a worse position with North Korea two years after the Singapore Summit?&nbsp;All these questions and more answered in this week’s Fault Lines.</p><br><p>In this week’s below the radar segment,&nbsp;Les&nbsp;continues to watch the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/19/world/europe/belarus-protests-women.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">protests</a>&nbsp;in Belarus.&nbsp;Dana and Jamil have a lively conversation about Iran and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.state.gov/the-return-of-un-sanctions-on-the-islamic-republic-of-iran/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">snapback sanctions</a>.&nbsp;Jamil highlights that former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster says that Afghan peace talks are&nbsp;<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/09/21/hr-mcmaster-ex-trump-adviser-book-putin-taliban-north-korea/5773861002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">doomed</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>