web02.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:46:22 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Circumscription - Episodes Tagged with “#China” https://circumscription.fireside.fm/tags/%23china Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0400 Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. en-us episodic Where We Set The Limits Michael Sargent Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. no self, identity, religion, faith, constitutions, constitutional law, foreign policy Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 16: Threading the Needle https://circumscription.fireside.fm/16 399e1f02-29b0-488b-b4ac-c6f8f911cb2e Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent Brandon Yoder and I discuss relations between China and Taiwan. 57:30 no Brandon Yoder is Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University. He holds a Ph.D. in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia. He studies a range of topics, including foreign policy, international security, US-China relations, and signaling and credibility. He’s the author of a 2025 article in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, titled, “Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence.” Yoder and I discuss stability in the relations between China and Taiwan. OTHER LINKS --"Wen and Bush in Oval office," from YouTube (https://youtu.be/G6A1VeODsag?si=yYAXEeZnCjdeRNvD) --"Obama tells Trump to 'think it through' on China," from YouTube (https://youtu.be/7To87jP4hbI?si=6omh69YOgdVNCDeI) --"Biden reaffirms 'One China Policy' after talks with Xi | ANC," from YouTube (https://youtu.be/n1bmbkymcrI?si=olk-7h26nNUgzRya) --"Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence," (2025) by Yoder, in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/13691481251391641) --"The Taiwan tightrope: Deterrence Is a balancing act, and America is starting to slip," (2025) by Mastro and Yoder, in Foreign Affairs (https://www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwan-tightrope-mastro) --"Iran war complicates contingency plans to defend Taiwan, some U.S. officials say," (2025, April 23) by Ward et al., in The Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/iran-war-complicates-contingency-plans-to-defend-taiwan-some-u-s-officials-say-4384f7c1) MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license) --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts --"Precisamos de um plano," by rui --"Post Drone," by Uuriter --"Monsters of the past," by Pawel Feszczuk Special Guest: Brandon Yoder. China, Taiwan, United States, deterrence, international relations Brandon Yoder is Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University. He holds a Ph.D. in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia. He studies a range of topics, including foreign policy, international security, US-China relations, and signaling and credibility. He’s the author of a 2025 article in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, titled, “Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence.” Yoder and I discuss stability in the relations between China and Taiwan.

OTHER LINKS
--"Wen and Bush in Oval office," from YouTube
--"Obama tells Trump to 'think it through' on China," from YouTube
--"Biden reaffirms 'One China Policy' after talks with Xi | ANC," from YouTube
--"Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence," (2025) by Yoder, in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
--"The Taiwan tightrope: Deterrence Is a balancing act, and America is starting to slip," (2025) by Mastro and Yoder, in Foreign Affairs
--"Iran war complicates contingency plans to defend Taiwan, some U.S. officials say," (2025, April 23) by Ward et al., in The Wall Street Journal

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Precisamos de um plano," by rui
--"Post Drone," by Uuriter
--"Monsters of the past," by Pawel Feszczuk

Special Guest: Brandon Yoder.

]]> Brandon Yoder is Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University. He holds a Ph.D. in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia. He studies a range of topics, including foreign policy, international security, US-China relations, and signaling and credibility. He’s the author of a 2025 article in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, titled, “Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence.” Yoder and I discuss stability in the relations between China and Taiwan.

OTHER LINKS
--"Wen and Bush in Oval office," from YouTube
--"Obama tells Trump to 'think it through' on China," from YouTube
--"Biden reaffirms 'One China Policy' after talks with Xi | ANC," from YouTube
--"Will there be war over Taiwan? Structural stability and policy pitfalls in cross-Strait deterrence," (2025) by Yoder, in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
--"The Taiwan tightrope: Deterrence Is a balancing act, and America is starting to slip," (2025) by Mastro and Yoder, in Foreign Affairs
--"Iran war complicates contingency plans to defend Taiwan, some U.S. officials say," (2025, April 23) by Ward et al., in The Wall Street Journal

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Precisamos de um plano," by rui
--"Post Drone," by Uuriter
--"Monsters of the past," by Pawel Feszczuk

Special Guest: Brandon Yoder.

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