Doug Kiel

@dougkiel.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈 Oneida Historian | Northwestern University | author of Unsettling Territory: The Resurgence of the Oneida Nation in the Face of Settler Backlash (Yale University Press) 🐢

“Past Presidents held back on attacking Iran for fear of damaging America’s legitimacy or its interests, broadly construed,” Daniel Immerwahr writes. “Trump, caring little for either, has entered a major conflict with astonishing blitheness.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/FwWt9c

What’s Behind Trump’s New World Disorder?

A foreign policy freed of liberal pretenses and imperial ambitions could lead to restraint—or, as the Iran attack shows, simply license hit-and-run belligerence.

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Today, @bwgerstein.bsky.social examines how governments and corporations often respond to Indigenous legal victories with warnings of potential economic chaos. These claims are not neutral forecasts but a recurring strategy of settler retrenchment aimed at preserving existing hierarchies.

The Political Economy of Settler Backlash

When courts recognize Indigenous sovereignty or jurisdiction over contested lands, governments and corporations often respond with warnings of potential economic chaos. These claims of uncertainty are...

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