Washington Fellow @diplomacy_peace. Author: 'The Formless Empire'. Bylines various. The Jacob Urowsky Professor of Realism and Restraint. Anti-anime pfp.
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Feb 20
With Iran in the global crosshairs again, North Korean comes out having the most justified foreign policy of any smaller state in recent times. I examine why the hermit kingdom strategy is more effective than globalization fans thought at @amconmag :
theamericanconservative.com/โฆ
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Seems like an admission from a top courtier-in-exile that the United States is the only important actor that still clings to the senile conceit of being an ideological-missionary power. Meanwhile, everyone else has moved on.
Jun 12
Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology.
China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/
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Jun 12
Small iron age stone fort ruins on a little lake in Shetland (Eshaness Cliffs). Hardly unknown to locals but the Broch of Holland was not on any map I had, I had no idea it was there, and apparently it has not been fully excavated yet.
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Jun 11
One of the best things about studying history is how it crushes presentism. Seeing all the other people before who were convinced they lived in the apotheosis of humanity or end times get proven wrong again and again is a tonic against following foolish fads today.
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Jun 8
Delighted to be a new Washington Fellow for IPD.
๐ข The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy is pleased to welcome @MrMaitra as a Washington Fellow.
Dr. Maitra is an elected fellow of the @RoyalHistSoc and a senior fellow at the @amrenewctr. He is known for coining the doctrine "Dormant NATO" and burden shifting within NATO.
For more information on Dr. Sumantra Maitra: peacediplomacy.org/sumantra-โฆ
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The new Wall Street Journal piece on North Korea vindicating my ongoing interest in the opportunities that states who opt out of universalized globalization have if they play their cards right.
Feb 20
With Iran in the global crosshairs again, North Korean comes out having the most justified foreign policy of any smaller state in recent times. I examine why the hermit kingdom strategy is more effective than globalization fans thought at @amconmag :
theamericanconservative.com/โฆ
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Agree and endorse this piece 100%
Jun 8
In 20 years, the world will look back on this moment as a turning point: the beginning of the end of American empire.
From @jekavanagh's cover story in the latest print issue of @amconmag. Read here:
theamericanconservative.com/โฆ
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Jun 8
When all is said & done, Trump's sole legacy will be his utter servitude to Netanyahu. With his cowardice, he has allowed Israel to play him โ and America โ over & over again.
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Beyond weapons contractor profiteering, the DoDโs lack of right-to-repair threatens military readiness.
responsiblestatecraft.org/miโฆ
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Jun 7
earnest liberal humanist representations of societies like Iran's can be easily turned to feedstock for the manufacture of mass consent while deep, nuanced, empirical knowledge--however personally radical or critical the expert producing it--will be instrumentalized by intelligence agencies. The most progressive epistemic strategy therefore is to develop and promote cartoonish negative stereotypes that obfuscate social reality and nudge Westerners--whose attentions can only ever make things worse--to disinterest, frustration, and horror
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Jun 6
CRITICAL THREAT: US intelligence community warns on Israel's espionage against the US.
nbcnews.com/politics/nationaโฆ
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The heron and the tortoises.
It's nice to have a neighborhood pond.
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Never. The concept is mystical and ever-changing depending on who you ask. Europe has at least three distinct cultural zones, the Middle East is philosophically part of it yet politically not. Latin America should be part of it but isn't considered so for some reason, etc.
In which era did โWestern Cultureโโhowever you choose to define itโoriginate?
The Classical Era (~800 BC-500 AD), the Medieval Era (~500-1500 AD), the Early Modern Era (~1500 AD-1800 AD), or the Modern Era (~1800-Present)?
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If I had to choose one of these options on a purely subjective level I would go with the Classical Era, but with the caveat that it applies to West Asia and North Africa too. So really Hellenism would be the correct term, rather than 'western'.
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Jun 1
This relationship has become an unmitigated disaster and humiliation for our country. We simply have to tell Israel to get lost, go fight your wars without our support, or better yet, learn to live in your own region.
This nightmare on its current trajectory will never end.
ืฉืืืืชื ืืขืจื ืขื ืื ืฉืื ืืจืืืค ืืืืจืชื ืื ืฉืื ืืืืืืืื ืื ืืืื ืืชืงืืฃ ืืช ืขืจืื ื ืืืืจืืื ื - ืืฉืจืื ืชืชืงืืฃ ืืืจืืช ืืจืืจ ืืืืืจืืช.
ืขืืืชื ื ืื ืขืืืืช ืืขืื ื.
ืืืงืืื, ืฆืืดื ืืืฉืื ืืคืขืื ืืืชืืื ื ืืืจืื ืืื ืื.
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May 31
theyโre gonna die on the same day like jefferson and adams
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May 30
If the provision in the NDAA to integrate/synchronize the U.S. and Israeli militaries (section 224) makes it out of committee, Iโll offer an amendment to strip it from the bill on the floor.
We are a sovereign country.
armedservices.house.gov/uploโฆ
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May 30
NYT's @katierogers @tylerpager report that Susie Wiles and other White House officials told JD Vance to log off.
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May 29
Now this is a pairing.
Shining Force II, emulated to desktop, paired with ๐ท.
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