Podcast #11 is out! A great foreign policy discussion with Andrew Bishop and Matthew Eckel

Skewz Podcast #11: Discussing Foreign Policy with Andrew Bishop and Matthew Eckel - How the Media Covers It And What Issues Are Really Important

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We had an incredibly interesting conversation with both Andrew Bishop and Matthew Eckel. They both cover US foreign policy and global affairs and are fairly well versed on the subject. Andrew is an American in Paris studying foreign policy. Matt is a New Englander living in DC whose been following foreign policy thinking for several years now. They are both bloggers and met through discussions within foreign policy blogging circles.

We got some great insights as to why they started blogging and the particular areas they've decided to focus on. Matt focuses on the Middle East and the Islamic World along with Global Identify Issues. Andrew focuses on how different vantage points (such as country of residence as one example) shape foreign policy perspectives.

You can check their sites out at:

Andrew Bishop: http://whatyoumustread.blogspot.com/
Matthew Eckel: http://fpwatch.blogspot.com/

We covered media coverage of foreign policy as part of our discussion. We also came away with a good list of recommended sites to check out to become more conversant about foreign policy topics. These include:

The World Politics Review at Slate.com

The American Enterprise Institute: http://www.aei.org/

The Heritage Foundation: www.heritage.org/

The Brookings Institute: www.brookings.edu

The Council on Foreign Affairs:www.cfr.org/

Other interesting blogs to check out:
Moderatevoice.com
pakistanpolicy.com

Additional resources of interest:

Ethnicity and its effects on foreign conflicts: http://whatyoumustread.blogspot.com/2008/04/can-ethnicity-explain-anything.html
Parag Khanna (from the New America Foundation): http://whatyoumustread.blogspot.com/2008/04/parag-khanna-is-typically-kind-of-guy.html

worldmeets.us - great site with translations of articles from foreign countries about the United States

We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did.

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