Dana S. Trif
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CfP Edited Volume under contract (Palgrave,2026): Materiality and Foreign Policy: Sea, Land, and Outer Space
Looking for one more land-focused chapter!!! Submission of abstract: July 15! #Materiality #ForeignPolicyAnalysis
Looking for one more land-focused chapter!!! Submission of abstract: July 15! #Materiality #ForeignPolicyAnalysis
July 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
CfP Edited Volume under contract (Palgrave,2026): Materiality and Foreign Policy: Sea, Land, and Outer Space
Looking for one more land-focused chapter!!! Submission of abstract: July 15! #Materiality #ForeignPolicyAnalysis
Looking for one more land-focused chapter!!! Submission of abstract: July 15! #Materiality #ForeignPolicyAnalysis
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“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT
The Real Reason Trump Berated Zelensky
He simply likes Vladimir Putin better.
theatln.tc
March 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT
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"We may never know why Trump is so perversely loyal to Putin," and "we don't know exactly why Musk went all in for Trump and Russia," Garry Kasparov writes. "But the urgency of their actions I do understand, and it's a dire warning":
The Putinization of America
Trump’s deference to the Russian dictator has become full-blown imitation.
www.theatlantic.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"We may never know why Trump is so perversely loyal to Putin," and "we don't know exactly why Musk went all in for Trump and Russia," Garry Kasparov writes. "But the urgency of their actions I do understand, and it's a dire warning":
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Germany election: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe
Germany election: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe
Leader of victorious conservative alliance says continent must build defence capability as US moves towards ‘America alone’ motto
The man expected to be Germany’s next chancellor has said Europe must act swiftly to increase its defence capability in the…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Germany election: Merz says it’s ‘five to midnight’ for Europe
Go, Germany! Musk‘s campaign for the AfD seems to have backfired. Not the neoNazis, but the far-left Die Linke got a bumb in votes! Exist polls Der Spiegel.
#Germanelections#Musk
#Germanelections#Musk
February 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Go, Germany! Musk‘s campaign for the AfD seems to have backfired. Not the neoNazis, but the far-left Die Linke got a bumb in votes! Exist polls Der Spiegel.
#Germanelections#Musk
#Germanelections#Musk
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"Countermajoritarian institutions...are democracy-subverting when they prevent electoral majorities from winning power and block legislative majorities from regular lawmaking."
www.journalofdemocra...
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When Should the Majority Rule? | Journal of Democracy
With illiberal forces ascendant across the globe, protecting individual liberties and the democratic process is crucial. But when institutions empower minority groups over the majority…
www.journalofdemocracy.org
February 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Countermajoritarian institutions...are democracy-subverting when they prevent electoral majorities from winning power and block legislative majorities from regular lawmaking."
www.journalofdemocra...
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This is a new level of madness. I don't know how it can be stopped
February 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is a new level of madness. I don't know how it can be stopped
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🇺🇸 CNN poll shows just 8% of Americans view Russia positively—on par with those who think the moon landing was fake. 61% see Russia as an enemy, and only 4% as a partner. Only 9% like Putin, with the same percentage believing the Earth is flat. 52% support Ukraine using U.S. weapons in Russia.
February 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🇺🇸 CNN poll shows just 8% of Americans view Russia positively—on par with those who think the moon landing was fake. 61% see Russia as an enemy, and only 4% as a partner. Only 9% like Putin, with the same percentage believing the Earth is flat. 52% support Ukraine using U.S. weapons in Russia.
JD Vance is throwing his political weight behind a 62-year-old Romanian politician who was virtually unknown before a massive TikTok campaign in November (for which he allegedly paid no money), who denies the Moon landing and claims to have met aliens. Well done, JD! #Vance#Romania
February 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
JD Vance is throwing his political weight behind a 62-year-old Romanian politician who was virtually unknown before a massive TikTok campaign in November (for which he allegedly paid no money), who denies the Moon landing and claims to have met aliens. Well done, JD! #Vance#Romania
This is official (Office of Romania’s President): One of the ‘deals’ requested by the Russians in Riyadh is the withdrawal of NATO guarantees from Eastern Europe. Did NATO lose any war? Why is the US bent on ensuring Russia, now a weaker nation, a bigger say in global politics? #Russia#Ukraine
February 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is official (Office of Romania’s President): One of the ‘deals’ requested by the Russians in Riyadh is the withdrawal of NATO guarantees from Eastern Europe. Did NATO lose any war? Why is the US bent on ensuring Russia, now a weaker nation, a bigger say in global politics? #Russia#Ukraine
Elon Musk lends his support to a man who literally says that, if he is elected, ‘there will be no more political parties’ in Romania. This is dictatorship, and Musk’s interference is one in favour of dictatorship! #democracyindanger
February 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Elon Musk lends his support to a man who literally says that, if he is elected, ‘there will be no more political parties’ in Romania. This is dictatorship, and Musk’s interference is one in favour of dictatorship! #democracyindanger
One would think that the Trump Administration has enough on its plate. Well, apparently not…that, or the Tate brothers and the judicial proceedings against them in Romania are as important as Ukraine, Gaza, and the destruction of the so-called ‘deep state’: www.ft.com/content/3f95...
Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Andrew Tate
Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering
www.ft.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One would think that the Trump Administration has enough on its plate. Well, apparently not…that, or the Tate brothers and the judicial proceedings against them in Romania are as important as Ukraine, Gaza, and the destruction of the so-called ‘deep state’: www.ft.com/content/3f95...
Guess who is meddling again in Romania’s upcoming Presidential elections? Nawfal should take his own advice and stop commenting on issues he clearly has no clue about…
February 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Guess who is meddling again in Romania’s upcoming Presidential elections? Nawfal should take his own advice and stop commenting on issues he clearly has no clue about…
“I am a convinced Atlanticist and a friend of America”….but to compare European democracies to authoritarian states - “Ladies and gentlemen, this is not acceptable”
Boris PISTORIUS, German Defense Minister, Munich Security Conference, 14 Feb. 2025
Boris PISTORIUS, German Defense Minister, Munich Security Conference, 14 Feb. 2025
Germany's Pistorius SLAMS US JD Vance's Controversial Remarks at Munich Security Conference 2025!
YouTube video by EU Debates | eudebates.tv
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February 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“I am a convinced Atlanticist and a friend of America”….but to compare European democracies to authoritarian states - “Ladies and gentlemen, this is not acceptable”
Boris PISTORIUS, German Defense Minister, Munich Security Conference, 14 Feb. 2025
Boris PISTORIUS, German Defense Minister, Munich Security Conference, 14 Feb. 2025
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The audacity of Vance scolding Europe for having annulled Romanian election results due to Russian interference, representing a president who violently physically attacked the US system of governance and refused to acknowledge his defeat, still claiming the elections was stolen, is simply disgusting
February 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The audacity of Vance scolding Europe for having annulled Romanian election results due to Russian interference, representing a president who violently physically attacked the US system of governance and refused to acknowledge his defeat, still claiming the elections was stolen, is simply disgusting
Will the latest round of anti-far right and anti-Nazis protests (against AfD) change anything in the upcoming German elections? These are the latest poll results (Der Spiegel):
February 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Will the latest round of anti-far right and anti-Nazis protests (against AfD) change anything in the upcoming German elections? These are the latest poll results (Der Spiegel):
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When you couple that w/ the draft legislation that was recently passed by the House, empowering the Treasury Department, by fiat, to declare a non-profit a "terrorist-supporting organization," and strip it of its 501(c)(3) status... 20/
apnews.com/article/nonp...
apnews.com/article/nonp...
House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism.
apnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
When you couple that w/ the draft legislation that was recently passed by the House, empowering the Treasury Department, by fiat, to declare a non-profit a "terrorist-supporting organization," and strip it of its 501(c)(3) status... 20/
apnews.com/article/nonp...
apnews.com/article/nonp...
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@raskin.house.gov: "Mexico said they were gonna put 10k troops on the border-- they already had 15k troops on the border! ... He just likes a lot of razzle dazzle and noise, but the leaders of the world are laughing at him. And we can recognize what a fraudulent pretense this whole thing was."
February 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
@raskin.house.gov: "Mexico said they were gonna put 10k troops on the border-- they already had 15k troops on the border! ... He just likes a lot of razzle dazzle and noise, but the leaders of the world are laughing at him. And we can recognize what a fraudulent pretense this whole thing was."
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"Elon Musk is not the president, but it appears that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States...It is nothing short of an administrative coup."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The ‘Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly’ of the United States Government
Elon Musk’s bureaucratic coup is under way.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Elon Musk is not the president, but it appears that he—a foreign-born, unelected billionaire who was not confirmed by Congress—is exercising profound influence over the federal government of the United States...It is nothing short of an administrative coup."
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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February 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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‘We’ve proved that change is possible’ – but Serbia protesters unsure of next move
‘We’ve proved that change is possible’ – but Serbia protesters unsure of next move
With student-led activists reluctant to engage politically against well-entrenched regime, many are asking: now what?
When Serbian protesters took over the town of Novi Sad this weekend and staged a triumphant street festival, occasional chants could be…
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
‘We’ve proved that change is possible’ – but Serbia protesters unsure of next move
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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"America First" becomes "America Alone"
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The Price America Will Pay for Trump’s Tariffs
Alienating allies and partners that the U.S. desperately needs means that “America First” will be “America Alone.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"America First" becomes "America Alone"
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Germany pays attention: Der Spiegel writes about the refusal of the European Court of Human Rights to consider the case brought by Georgescu against the Romanian Constitutional Court’s annulment of Romania’s 1 round of Presidential elections on charges of election interference by a foreign state.
Rechtsextremer Kandidat Călin Georgescu klagt gegen Annullierung der Präsidentenwahl in Rumänien
Călin Georgescu hatte den ersten Wahlgang der rumänischen Präsidentenwahl gewonnen. Wegen massiver Einmischung aus Russland wurde die Wahl aber annulliert. Nun zieht der Rechtsextremist in Europa vor ...
www.spiegel.de
January 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Germany pays attention: Der Spiegel writes about the refusal of the European Court of Human Rights to consider the case brought by Georgescu against the Romanian Constitutional Court’s annulment of Romania’s 1 round of Presidential elections on charges of election interference by a foreign state.