This week on Conflicted, Thomas is joined by <a href="https://x.com/tvpaul1?lang=en">T.V. Paul</a>, Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University.

Prof. Paul is one of the world’s leading thinkers in international relations and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Restraining-Great-Powers-Balancing-Empires-ebook/dp/B07H3TTNT9/ref=sr_1_13?crid=2GHZLMPVJ73AC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.N7E97v5nh_sGKT_Q8Nqx4RNkOoHThpmFzFCoqpbOCTOW1Uofc-SJOBuGvl2QCiO5wRMw6_psHJOeC0aJkz8ZwJvNLb9j6Smr9bzDcRzN1Cx4SB3Zb56WOI9IVAgvlRzocpz1OQIkAvrl7QHnJcp5eub7wMMHshjf3P_OmuDq3HRTIzOyCsZLyn6-esqNLbwxeT9F9i_Uz3RRXi85CB3Hu5AfpV53p3ZRwvhIrCG--u0.Soz0QMmOdZilGkVYW_j4i90kRYpX_UKbRyBiPZrsSYQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=t.v.+paul&qid=1763459323&sprefix=t.v.+paul%2Caps%2C85&sr=8-13">Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unfinished-Quest-Indias-Search-Status-ebook/dp/B0CW1JJVR3/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GHZLMPVJ73AC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.N7E97v5nh_sGKT_Q8Nqx4RNkOoHThpmFzFCoqpbOCTOW1Uofc-SJOBuGvl2QCiO5wRMw6_psHJOeC0aJkz8ZwJvNLb9j6Smr9bzDcRzN1Cx4SB3Zb56WOI9IVAgvlRzocpz1OQIkAvrl7QHnJcp5eub7wMMHshjf3P_OmuDq3HRTIzOyCsZLyn6-esqNLbwxeT9F9i_Uz3RRXi85CB3Hu5AfpV53p3ZRwvhIrCG--u0.Soz0QMmOdZilGkVYW_j4i90kRYpX_UKbRyBiPZrsSYQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=t.v.+paul&qid=1763459323&sprefix=t.v.+paul%2Caps%2C85&sr=8-1">The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi</a>.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Thomas speaks with Prof. Paul about:
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India’s strategy as a rising power in a shifting multipolar world
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How ‘soft balancing’ works as an alternative to military alliances
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The benign and malign dimensions of American hegemony
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Why globalization both empowered and destabilized the global middle class
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India’s complex status anxiety and its quest for recognition
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How China and India navigate rivalry, nationalism, and regional threats
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The future of the liberal international order—and whether it can survive
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What a new global settlement might require from the West, China, and India alike

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