Shadi is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. He runs a substack with Damir Marusic called <a target="_blank" href="https://wisdomofcrowds.live/">Wisdom of Crowds</a>, and his new book is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Case-American-Power-Shadi-Hamid/dp/1668031884">The Case for American Power</a>. It’s the third time Shadi has been on the Dishcast. We hashed out the National Security Strategy and the future of US leadership in the world, if any.For two clips of our convo — on Bush’s idealism leading to anarchy in Iraq, and whether Trump’s amorality is stabilizing the Middle East — head to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DailyDishHosting/videos">our YouTube page</a>.Other topics: Shadi raised with a mixed identity (American/Muslim/Arab); both parents from Egypt where he spent summers; the reinvention of immigrants; the peace and prosperity of the ‘90s; our innocence shattered on 9/11; external and internal jihad; religion in public life; the Koran; blasphemy laws in the UK; Charles Taylor and the loss of enchantment; political cults like MAGA and SJW; Deneen and other post-liberals; Obama’s realism in the Mideast; the Arab Spring; Islam’s tension with liberalism; how Israel undermined Obama; the settlements; Gaza; Muslim views of women and gays in the West; the US intervening in Bosnia, Kosovo, and the Persian Gulf; oikophobia; elites opening up China and creating a rival; Taiwan; Russia after the USSR; the invasion of Georgia and Crimea; the Syrian war and refugee crisis; the war in Ukraine; Vance in Munich; and Trump’s pressure on NATO to arm itself.Browse the <a target="_blank" href="https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/dishcast-archive-70-episodes">Dishcast archive</a> for an episode you might enjoy. Coming up: Simon Rogoff on the narcissism of pols and celebrities (from Diddy to Churchill to Trump), Laura Field on the intellectuals of Trumpism, Arthur Brooks on the science of happiness, Vivek Ramaswamy on the right’s future, and Jason Willick on trade and conservatism. Please send any guest recs, dissents, and other comments to dish@andrewsullivan.com. Thank you for subscribing. <a href="https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/shadi-hamid-on-us-power-and-the-new/comments?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_5">Leave a comment</a> or <a href="https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/shadi-hamid-on-us-power-and-the-new?utm_source=substack&#38;utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_content=share&#38;action=share&#38;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0MTg2OTI5OCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTgxMDc4MjgxLCJpYXQiOjE3NjU1NjY1ODksImV4cCI6MTc2ODE1ODU4OSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTYxMzcxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.yZfzpDXC9VdkTEhffmS0Dow6pe-MvN7b0Ruvxu8-gO0&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_5">share this episode</a>.

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