Tocqueville 21 Podcast: The Ukraine War, Europe, and Civic Duty with Alexis Carré

Welcome back to the Tocqueville 21 Podcast for our first episode of 2023!

This week, I sat down with Alexis Carré, a political philosopher and the 2022-23 Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate of the James Madison Program at Princeton University. In our wide-ranging interview, we discuss the politics of the European Union, delving deep into the psychology that permeated the globalized peace in the post-Cold War era. Alexis rightly airs Europe’s dirty laundry. His criticisms highlight the political recklessness and disregard that has dominated for so long in Paris, Berlin, Brussels, and elsewhere. But the true key to his insightful intervention is the note of hope that emerges through an appeal to a greater sense of civic, democratic duty.

Make no mistake, dear listener: this is no mere tirade. This is a call to arms.