When realists finally get the foreign policy their arguments imply, they’re all like “no, not like that” or “that’s not actually realism” and suddenly become very obsessed with domestic details…
Everyone’s a liberal-institutionalist in a foxhole, I guess?
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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“When they give so much prominence to the report, it ceases to be in the public interest… it gives a false impression of a system stacked against them”
Anything short of that and it's not likely to significantly repair the damage to democracy that has occurred.
Also, France's head of government is directly accountable to its legislature.
No, what the US needs is to un-fuse their head of government and head of state so that their government can be more accountable than their current elected 4-year kingship.
Any parliamentary system can do this. Just put the government in the legislature.
Brilliant to visit the Hebridean Baker’s croft today, meet the Highland coos and put my baking skills to a test. Thank you for the delicious birthday cake too!
Scotland’s food and drink industry is absolutely world class and the SNP will always support it.
The Venn Diagram of the NYT and Carl at this point is a circle, so where’s the challenge?
In order to be effective this needs to be same pay for a 30 hour week, not just compressed hours as standard
If the US comes out of this, I worry that they will not do the type of reconciliation (and introspection) necessary to start to reclaim the moral high-ground. A simple change in leadership isn’t sufficient to fix a systemic problem.
I think we can all agree the US is clearly no longer in the business of halting war crimes…
Tinariwen have added a Canadian leg to their 2026 tour - going to 13 cities across the country in Sep
Check out their most recent album (Hoggar) and catch them in Sep if you can
open.spotify.com/album/2gqUcb...
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Not just the Arab world, the entire world. Who does the US lead when it has burned through all of its trust and goodwill? Until it fully confronts and reconciles how it has gotten here it will never regain its position.
I'm honestly getting really tired seeing Americans saying some version of "we can't keep doing this, something needs to change". Do something then. It's your country and it's your responsibility to be the change.
Today could mark the day where the US crosses over from war crimes to blatant crimes against humanity
At the very least the fiscal framework is going to see a significant rework after May, with the potential that the wider devolution settlement (particularly in Wales) will get an overhaul.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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MPs may work hard but if they are not “out of touch” then the current level of debate is inexcusable.
Despite being tongue-in-cheek, the response shows the extent to which formerly credible US media has burned through its grace. Until it earns back that credibility, it can’t effectively harness ridicule
In February 2026, Trump and his administration added another 48 atrocities to this list. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
How much did it cost to unload and reload cargo onto various vehicles in the Roman Mediterranean? ⛵In the Journal of Maritime Archaeology, James Page calculates these costs in a new, open access article. Such an interesting paper for GIS transit modeling & for labor cost (bookkeepers got 20 nummi!).
American exceptionalism strikes again
“You can’t call us a ‘regime’, we’re America”
A country-wide delusion
- Have all the planks of your ship been replaced?
- Did you replace the planks with the same material(s) as before?
- Do any of the original planks remain?
- Did you or anyone else build a ship out of the old planks?
Humans are often very myopic in how we think about things and classify the 'possible' (see frequent depictions of 'alien' worlds in fiction for example)
There are many ways to solve the same problems and there are many forms of 'intelligence'. Recognising this is important
Climate change is killing to oceans faster than first thought and it is affecting much more than just corals.
Combined with continued overfishing, this will eventually leave the oceans virtually empty (populated only by jellyfish and cephalopods)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“People are the same all over and across all times”
^ a surprisingly controversial statement I’ve made in some seminars, but it is necessary for people to understand that humans (and human cognitive abilities) have changed very little over our history - technology is the only difference
The question is no longer whether multi-party politics has arrived in the UK – it’s whether our outdated electoral system can survive it.
Price shocks in essentials must be buffered before they ripple through the economy and rip apart our societies. Have governments learned their lesson or will they let the fossil fuel price shock unleash another round of windfall profits and inflation?
Link: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/o...
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Similarly to Labour in 2024, they are misreading negative support for the government as positive support for them/their agenda.
Only one week left to propose a paper for the joint economic history-Indigenous economics meeting August 21-23 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Send 1-2 page extended abstract to David Rosé (darose@wlu.ca) & Rob Gillezeau (rob.gillezeau@rotman.utoronto.ca) by February 27!
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