Former Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States Ben Rhodes joins WIRED for a super-sized edition of Tech Support to answer the internet's questions about the geopolitical climate and how we got here.
0:00 Geopolitics Support
0:14 WW3
2:31 China and the AI Race
6:26 Why Iran and The U.S. are at odds
11:02 Sanctions
13:34 When did “globalist” become derogatory?
15:40 The ascendency of The Right
19:28 Solutions for Gaza
22:37 Israel and The West Bank
24:47 Why do people use the term genocide to describe Israeli actions in Gaza?
30:20 Osama bin Laden and post-9/11 America
33:09 Nukes for peace
34:54 US/China relations timeline
38:13 When will Xi invade Taiwan?
45:42 China in the South China Sea
48:22 Why does Putin want Ukraine?
51:38 Ukraine War Outcomes
55:13 US/EU Troops in Ukraine
56:08 Is Putin playing Trump?
59:09 Trump’s Greenland aspirations
1:02:25 Trump’s accurate critiques
1:03:40 Why did the Biden Administration allow so many immigrants to enter the US?
1:08:52 Maduro
1:10:10 Who is running Venezuela right now?
1:11:46 What does the U.S. actually gain from intervening around the world?
1:14:09 Another Arab Spring?
1:15:17 Cyberattacks
1:18:08 Modi and Trump
1:22:46 The geopolitical implications of year round Arctic shipping
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