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Maybe I should not be surprised but it is shocking to me that Luke Harding’s book Betrayal is not available in the United States. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Betrayal by Luke Harding review – could Donald Trump be a Russian asset?

A Guardian correspondent’s sobering account of the US betrayal of Ukraine – and the possible reasons behind it

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The latest issue of Perspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social is excellent, with lots on books address climate change & geo/politics. I enjoyed reading Lisa Vanhala Governing the End & responding to her review of Oceans Rise Empires Fall. Here's my review: doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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FOUR reasons why great power competition could hasten the adoption of clean energy. My response to Lisa Vanhala's review of Oceans Rise Empires Fall in the current @poppublicsphere.bsky.social issue. doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Response to Lisa Vanhala’s Review of Oceans Rise, Empires Fall: Why Geopolitics Hastens Climate Catastrophe | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core

Response to Lisa Vanhala’s Review of Oceans Rise, Empires Fall: Why Geopolitics Hastens Climate Catastrophe - Volume 24 Issue 3

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What a golden age for shitposting maps it is! Everywhere a funny map, an 'only joking' attitude, yet a persistent obsessive need to fantasize aggrandizement, to desperately seek immortality as a man of territorial action, an imperial god. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/w...

Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Provocative Trump Map

After voting against talks to join the European Union, Iceland is reacting forcefully to a slight against its sovereignty.

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The US government voted against the “correct the map” resolution at the UN on Friday. The diminishment of Greenland is too much for an old man to accept. usun.usmission.gov/explanation-...

Explanation of Vote Before the Vote for UNGA 80 Adoption on the Resolution to “Correct the Map”

This resolution mocks the work and purpose of this institution. While this initiative is presented as an anodyne effort to update cartographic proportions, the United States clearly sees it cannot be ...

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This finding from our research this summer shows how poorly Ukrainians think of Witkoff and Kuchner. They are now in Kyiv for the first time.

The 'real' world political map was a biased representation all along? 😱 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s... UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

UN to vote on adopting new world map that shows Africa’s true scale

Togo-sponsored resolution calls to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

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Amidst the intensified bombing & 'hybrid' war, its a positive sign to see an article like this: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/w...

After Fighting Russia Fiercely, He Wants to Forge Ukraine’s Path to Peace

Kyrylo Budanov, a decorated soldier and former military spy chief, advocates a negotiated settlement. Talks are expected to resume this month.

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The US-Canada dispute has an excess of absurdities. I used one - framing wildfire smoke as an 'invasion' - to write about a broader issue: climate disruption & nationalism. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...

Climate disruption and the nationalist turn

Nationalism becomes dangerous when it turns a shared planetary crisis into a competition between insiders and outsiders. A wiser earth-based nationalism offers something different: the possibility of ...

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Tom Graham is always worth reading on US-Russia-Ukraine relations. "Given Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Kushner’s other responsibilities, Mr. Trump should bolster their efforts with additional experts to spur negotiations." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Chance for Peace in Ukraine Is Real. But It Won’t Last.

There’s a narrow chance for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal before things go south.

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The Reflecting Pool is no longer mirroring American greatness. It’s dry & empty today. It’s another troublesome waterway, a proximate reminder that the earth always exposes hubris & folly.

In 2000 former US National Security Adviser Anthony Lake published this book, featuring a dirty bomb scenario in downtown Washington DC. With the US wantonly bombing a country of 93 million people & enabling genocide, this scenario is surprisingly absent from our hyperpolitical discourse. Why?

The US could have had a geography teacher as vice-president. Instead it went with the proud clueless crew. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

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Large parts of Dulles desperately need an overhaul. While we're at it why not rename it after.... ...someone who isn't an imperialist overthrowing regimes in Iran. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Trump announces $22bn plan to rebuild Dulles international airport

Trump announces $22bn plan to rebuild Dulles international airport

Planned overhaul forms part of president’s broader pattern of directing changes in Washington after arch and ballroom

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What a shameful spectacle of bullying & grandstanding conspiracism against a public servant. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned

Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned

Six years on from Covid crisis, Republicans still politicizing science – and Fauci remains a political punching bag

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The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo ago

The lexicon of geopolitics has a new meme: “Trump consciously rejects the concepts of consultation and reassurance. He made no effort to consult U.S. allies and instead Leeroy-Jenkinsed his way into a failure in Iran.”

Colby has glommed onto Trump because he is pathologically resentful of U.S. allies, indifferent to the fate of democracy, and eager to dismantle the pillars of U.S. global influence that were painstakingly erected by bipartisan leaders over eight decades. lnk.thebulwark.com/3S3lu33

I feel confident in saying that Zelensky did not discuss our polling data with Trump this morning. theconversation.com/we-asked-ukr...

We asked Ukrainians what they think of Trump – more view him as an enemy than a friend

Despite holding a low opinion of the US president and his negotiators, most Ukrainians have favorable views toward Americans more generally.

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In a few hours at the National Cathedral on Wisconsin Avenue here in DC, an indicted leader accused of genocide and a celebrated leader defending against genocide will mourn the death of the same man, who backed them both.