{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Reciprocity: The Once and Future Strategy?","description":"Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Oren Cass\u2019s recent article articulating a \u201cGrand Strategy of Reciprocity.\u201d Cass argues that the United States should build a bloc of countries that agree to engage with each other on comparable terms while jointly excluding others that will not fulfill the same obligations. Is this possible or realistic? And how does it align with the Trump administration\u2019s approach? Meanwhile, Chris commends the Eurasia Group\u2019s Institute for Global Affairs, Melanie criticizes Chinese entities purchasing properties near critical US installations, and Zack laments a fundamental misreading of game theory by Scott Bessent. &amp;nbsp; Show Links: &amp;nbsp;   Oren Cass, \u201cA Grant Strategy of Reciprocity,\u201d Foreign Affairs, November\/December 2025.   Scott Bessent, \u201cIt\u2019s time to end the filibuster,\u201d Washington Post, November 23, 2025.   Nate Jones, \u201cState Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history \u2014 with no warning,\u201d Washington Post, November 13, 2025.   Jonathan Guyer, Lucas Robinson, Eloise Cassier, Ransom Miller, \u201cReckless Peacemaker?\u201d Institute for Global Affairs, November 6, 2025   Chris Mason and Becky Morton, \u201cUK Expected to Approve Plans for Chinese Mega Embassy,\u201d BBC, November 21, 2025.   Philip Lenczycki, \u201cUS Nuclear Bomber Fleet Shares Fence With Trailer Park Linked To Chinese Intel-Tied Fraudster,\u201d Daily Caller, November 10, 2025.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   Supporting Stimson, https:\/\/www.stimson.org\/support\/   &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Net Assessment","author_url":"http:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/132282","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39180690\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39180690"}