Venezuela: The Precedents And America: The Future

“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.”

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.

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.

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Made in America by Edward Stourton review – why the ‘Trump doctrine’ is no aberration From territorial overreach to deportations, the current president is not as much of an anomaly as he might seem

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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...

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

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.

What’s the significance of the Trump–Aliyev–Pashinyan meeting? oc-media.org/whats-the-si... #armenia #azerbaijan #caucasus

A MAGA for the UK? These working-class voters feel left behind.

A MAGA for the UK? These working-class voters feel left behind.

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...

50 Years After The Helsinki Final Act, Can The OSCE Stay Relevant? www.rferl.org/a/33490204.h...

📌 EDITORIAL: The EU looks the other way as Azerbaijan jails journalists and crushes dissent. Officials in Tbilisi are surely taking note.

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Sudan’s outsider: how a general fell out with the army and plunged the country into war The long read: The civilians of Sudan have been trying to throw off military rule for decades, but now find themselves caught in the middle of a deadly power struggle between former allies turned bitt...

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Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger, famine and attacks on refugee camps

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Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war

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'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

“It is very clear that dictators didn’t get a memo about the end of history”

Trump’s Europe Shock Creates an Opening for China Beijing could provide an economic lifeline as EU countries increase defense spending and weather tariffs.

China trying to occupy the US void in Europe!

The Path to American Authoritarianism What comes after democratic breakdown.

🤔 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...

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Moscow’s Evolution Towards a G-Zero/Silk Road Paradigm : Russian Grand Strategy - Baku Dialogues Journal

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2024 Is Finally Over. Now Let’s Forget That It Ever Happened. Did anything good actually happen this year?

2024 Is Finally Over. Now Let’s Forget That It Ever Happened. newrepublic.com/article/1897... via @newrepublic.com

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’

Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees…

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The Day the Budapest Memorandum Was Signed, in Photos The 1994 Budapest Memorandum signed by Ukraine, US, UK, and Russia promised Ukraine’s sovereignty and security, but Russia’s violations have since undermined it

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“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.”

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.
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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

“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”

…”but they’ll always fold before a bluff.”

“Authoritarianism is as predictable as a Swiss train. It’s already later than you think.”

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