Nuno Paixão
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“Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power, and succeeded with such rapidity” On Superpower Suicide open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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“The point of these four comparisons is not that history repeats. It is that history reveals. It can help us see around corners, into possible futures.”
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
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The world order as we’ve known for the last century is disappearing. And in its place, a new order shaped by the private interests of individual men and their fiercest allies, not the interests, private or public, fair or foul, good or bad, of a nation.
A new theory explains why Trump keeps threatening global takeovers
Neo-royalism challenges us to look beyond a century-old paradigm and see the hierarchical lens through which Trump justifies domination.
motherjones.com
New international disorder. Fascinating thread 👇🏻
Abe Newman@abenewman.bsky.social · 7mo ago1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
chaotic2000s.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-fe... If you only read one take on the Washington DC Armenia-Azerbaijan deal, make sure it is this one by the invariably insightful @drkevorko.bsky.social
A Few Words about that 'Peace Summit' in DC
The past few days have seen a considerable amount of (somewhat premature) euphoria regarding a 'peace summit' in Washington DC between Donal...
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What’s the significance of the Trump–Aliyev–Pashinyan meeting? oc-media.org/whats-the-si... #armenia #azerbaijan #caucasus
What’s the significance of the Trump–Aliyev–Pashinyan meeting?
OC Media invited analysts and contributors to share their thoughts on the Armenia–Azerbaijan meeting in Washington.
oc-media.org
A MAGA for the UK? These working-class voters feel left behind.
A MAGA for the UK? These working-class voters feel left behind.
csmonitor.com
50 Years After The Helsinki Final Act, Can The OSCE Stay Relevant? www.rferl.org/a/33490204.h...
50 Years After The Helsinki Final Act, Can The OSCE Stay Relevant?
Leaders will gather in Finland to mark 50 years since the Helsinki Final Act, which paved the way for the OSCE. But as Russia’s war on Ukraine, political gridlock, and waning trust test the organizati...
rferl.org
📌 EDITORIAL: The EU looks the other way as Azerbaijan jails journalists and crushes dissent. Officials in Tbilisi are surely taking note. ▶️ Read more: oc-media.org/editorial-eu...
Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war
“It is very clear that dictators didn’t get a memo about the end of history”
'Putin bet the farm' on Trump's deal, Russia will collapse if he can't secure it | Former MI6 boss
YouTube video by Times Radio
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🤔 Great ✍️ by Levitsky & Way: "Democracy is in greater peril today than at any time in modern U.S. history (...) it will cease to meet standard criteria for liberal democracy: full adult suffrage, free and fair elections, and broad protection of civil liberties" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
foreignaffairs.com
2024 Is Finally Over. Now Let’s Forget That It Ever Happened. newrepublic.com/article/1897... via @newrepublic.com
2024 Is Finally Over. Now Let’s Forget That It Ever Happened.
Did anything good actually happen this year?
newrepublic.com
Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees…
Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees
Trump also warns he would not let a ‘vital national asset’ for the US fall into the ‘wrong hands’
theguardian.com
“History can help us find our footing. This is not because we can ever know what will happen next. It is rather because history can make familiar some consistent patterns of human life.”
Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2y agoFour scenarios for Trumpomuskovia, the musko-trumpified America snyder.substack.com/p/trumpomusk...
The search feature is not convenient. Here is a starter pack that’s has some accounts not in other lists. I will continue to add to this. go.bsky.app/JMKLJt9
“After the recent election, they will be in need of further comfort. But the Messiah, King says, is an admonition “to live bravely in the face of disaster and defeat”, and I hope it sustains him during the next four years”
Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah review – hallelujah! A fresh take on the composer’s much-loved work
By revealing the murky circumstances in which it was created, Charles King’s fascinating history of the oratorio shows it in a new light
theguardian.com
“Authoritarianism is as predictable as a Swiss train. It’s already later than you think.”
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕@emma-briant.co.uk · 2y agoHow to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world by Carole Cadwalladr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starter packs do BlueSky para todos os gostos. Enjoy! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
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