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What happens to global security when the person in charge stops showing up? For eighty years, the world relied on one assumption: that the United States would act as the central guarantor of trade and defence. This podcast tracks the moment that assumption failed.Through the lens of Scenario G—a real-world contingency framework—we examine a decade of institutional adaptation. From the collapse of the Atlantic alliance to the rise of the Sovereign Security Covenant, we explore how mid-tier powers like the UK, France, and Japan managed to stabilize a world without a hegemon. No drama, no ...

The ticking bomb scenario is a thought experiment designed to demonstrate that torture can be justified in emergency conditions. If there was a bomb hidden somewhere in a major city, would it be justified to torture a captured informant in order to obtain the critical information that could prevent a devastating terrorist attack? In How to Justify Torture, cultural critic Alex Adams examines this thought experiment in depth by exploring the wide range of cultural productions. By critiquing the argument step-by-step, this audiobook reminds us why torture can never be justified.