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The “America-is-a-republic-not-a-democracy” trope
Missouri’s Republican Gov.
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The German centrist government is doing dumb and illegal stuff on immigration
The German government has been performing more border controls than usual this year.
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Nonproliferation expert Joe Cirincione on the Iran nuclear program
Nonproliferation expert Joe Cirincione looks at why the Trump-Netanyahu policy on the Iranian nuclear program has been so bad and gives a lot of context…
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The latest in the sad story of Trump 2.0 diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine War
I’m sure that since the current Russia-Ukraine War started in February 2022, I’m sure I’ve posted more videos featuring Über-Realist John Mearsheimer…
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Has capitalism been replaced by “technofeudalism”?
Nicholas Vrousalis has a helpful perspective on the concept of “technofeudalism,” which at least suggests that capitalism has already been replaced by a…
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A near-term peace for Israel-Gaza?
Thomas Meyer wrote a couple of weeks ago:
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In which I check in with AI William Faulkner on current events
I suddenly got the idea yesterday to ask Microsoft’s Copilot AI function, which constantly begs me to use it, “Write two paragraphs in the style of…
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Will European rearmament become a new neoliberal nightmare?
These are real debates.
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The strange new world of European rearmament
One of the most famous anti-militarist books of the 1930s in the US was War Is A Racket by a retired Marine general, Smedley Butler.
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More on Georgia Meloni’s immigration policies for Italy
FRANCE 24 has a report giving some more detail on rightwing Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni’s surprising recent announcement on her plans to…
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An Italian surprise on immigration – which is probably too good to be true
Okay, this is a surprise.
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June 2025

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