Today we had a show featuring two interviews with Simon Dalby, professor of Geography at Carleton University. First, Robyn Penney spoke with him about how present warfare methods are strongly rooted in a new attention to geopolitics. This attention has sparked great interest among scholars and governments, and research is showing critical connections from the past to the future in warfare dynamics.
Later, we went to the archives for a second feature with Simon Dalby. At the beginning of the Obama presidency, John Wall sat down with Simon to discuss the President’s inauguration speech, decoding many of the references and the specific language used. They talked about the future of foreign policy, and how the Obama administration was set up to signal a clean break from the past, and what the future may hold. One year later, we gave this feature another spin, to see how events have unfolded.
Simon Dalby: New Wars, Old Wars, and Contemporary Geopolitics [9:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download