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GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History & Geopolitics

2026-02-26

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As his self-proclaimed 10-day window for dealing with Iran approaches its end, what are President Trump’s options? GoodFellows regulars Niall Ferguson, John Cochrane, and H.R. McMaster weigh the merits of a US military strike versus an interim diplomatic solution. They also probe the Epstein scandal’s impact on the British landscape and the Supreme Court’s ruling against the Trump administration’s use of emergency powers for tariff implementation. Later, in the “lightning round”: why US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was warmly received at the Munich Security Conference; the Pentagon’s desire to sever academic ties with Harvard University; Barack Obama’s suggesting that aliens exist; plus H.R.’s remembrance of film great Robert Duvall, aka Apocalypse Now’s Lt. Col. Bill “I Love the Smell of Napalm in the Morning” Kilgore.  Subscribe to GoodFellows for clarity on today’s biggest social, economic, and geostrategic shifts — only on GoodFellows.
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  • And if at times we disagree,

  • our disagreements come from our profound sense of concern about a Europe with which we are connected,

  • not just economically, not just militarily.

  • We are connected spiritually, and we are connected culturally.

  • We want Europe to be strong.

  • We believe that Europe must survive.

  • Because the two great wars of the last century serve for us as history's constant reminder.

  • that ultimately our destiny is and will always be intertwined with yours.

  • It's Tuesday, February 24th, 2026, and welcome back to Goodfellows,

  • a Hoover Institution broadcast examining matters of history, economics, and geopolitics.

  • I'm Bill Whelan.

  • I'm a Distinguished Policy Fellow here at the Hoover Institution.

  • I'll be the moderator of this show today,

  • looking forward to a spirited conversation featuring three of my colleagues whom we jokingly refer to as the Good Fellows.

  • I'm referring, of course, to the historian Sir Neil Ferguson,

  • economist John Cochran, and former presidential national security advisor Lieutenant General H.R.

  • McMaster.

  • Neil, John, and H.R.

  • are all Hoover's senior fellows.

  • Gentlemen, good to see you, and I have three items for you to discuss today.