UFOs, Aliens, & National Security

Alexander Wendt, political scientist at Ohio State University, discusses his forthcoming book The Last Humans: UFOs & National Security, on the political and national security consequences of discovering that Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) are piloted by intelligent extra-terrestrial life. He argues that the ontological shock from this discovery risks triggering a civilizational “auto-immune reaction” of widespread disorder that could undermine the international state system and suggests possible policies and pathways to responsibly prepare for this scenario. Show Notes Alexander Wendt, The Last Humans: UFOs and National Security (forthcoming from Oxford University Press) Alexander Wendt, Raymond Duvall, “ Sovereignty and the UFO ,” Political Theory , 36(4), 607-633. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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UFOs, Aliens, & National Security is an episode from Power Problems by The Cato Institute.

This episode is 49:18 long.

This episode was published on Apr 29, 2025.

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