On this episode of Rhodes Map, host Ben Rhodes, and Pod Save the World producer, Alyona Minkovski, discuss how Donald Trump is changing the U.S. Military in ways which could lead to distrust among the American public.
Pod Save The World producer Alyona Minkovski and Ben Rhodes discuss how the Rules-Based International Order works, history of international governing bodies like the UN came to be and govern, Vladimir Putin & Xi Jinping’s attempts to create their own World Orders, America’s declining influence, and how to avoid a World War III scenario. Then, Alyona and Ben play a foreign affairs game where pop culture stories are spun into foreign policy.
On this Episode of Rhodes Map, host, Ben Rhodes, and Pod Save the World producer, Alyona Minkovski, discuss how presidential transitions work, how administrations pass the foreign policy baton, the many norms being broken by the Trump transition team, and Ben's experiences transitioning from Bush to Obama in 2008 and Obama to Trump in 2016.
Pod Save The World producer Alyona Minkovski and Ben Rhodes discuss how the United Nations works, the history of how it was formed, a behind the scenes peek at the United Nations General Assembly that happens every year in New York, and Ben's stories of attending while working for Barack Obama.
Pod Save The World producer Alyona Minkovski and Ben Rhodes discuss how the Olympics work, the shady history of how the IOC picks host nations, how Countries are banned from participating, the controversies of athletes doping, the positivity the Olympic games bring to the World, and Ben shares a story about Obama's fight to get the 2016 Olympics in Chicago.