For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff is joined by historian Alfred McCoy, who shares his broader global perspectives on the war in Ukraine. They spend the hour discussing his […]
A History of World Orders and Catastrophic Change
For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff talks to historian Alfred McCoy about the long history of empire through the lens of his new book, To Govern the Globe. Alfred […]
The U.S. Global Position After Afghanistan
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan has had and will continue to have ripple effects on the United States’ relationship to the rest of the world. For today’s show, […]
The Decline of U.S. Global Power
Like Rip Van Winkle, Americans have woken up to a different world after four years in the haze of Trump’s presidency, says historian Alfred McCoy. Today, he joins Allen to […]
Al McCoy on the Decline of the US Empire
Allen Ruff’s guest is historian and public intellectual Alfred McCoy. He’s the Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and author of several books, including The Politics […]