Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast Stephen Kinzer: The History & Evolution of U.S. Regime Change
10 snips
Feb 20, 2026 
Stephen Kinzer, award-winning foreign correspondent and author of Overthrow, explains a century of U.S. regime change. He traces expansionism from the Spanish‑American War to covert CIA actions and the rise of NGOs. He discusses Iran 1953, blowback, missed neutrality in Ukraine, and how shifting tactics reshaped global influence.
AI Snips
Chapters
Books
Transcript
Episode notes
Expansionism As National Mission
- American expansionism and missionary impulse drive repeated interventions abroad.
- The US often treats global influence as a duty, not mere choice.
Platt Amendment As A Template
- The Platt Amendment shows how the US shifted from promising noninterference to imposing control.
- That template of ‘guided local rule’ recurs across later interventions.
From Corporate Grievance To Security Threat
- Corporate complaints often trigger U.S. involvement but are reframed as security threats.
- Economic triggers become national-security rationales for intervention.
