Răzvan
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Răzvan
@brazvan.bsky.social
· Mar 11
For the past few days protesters who support the fascist politician Călin Georgescu started chanting a part of the military service oath.
"I swear to defend my country, even at the cost of my life." 1/
"I swear to defend my country, even at the cost of my life." 1/
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A member of Taiwan's parliament stole a bill and ran off with it to prevent it from being passed
June 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A member of Taiwan's parliament stole a bill and ran off with it to prevent it from being passed
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The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin’s call for a monarch to rule America once seemed like a joke. Not anymore.
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
www.newyorker.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin’s call for a monarch to rule America once seemed like a joke. Not anymore.
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Read Nikita Lalwani and Sam Marullo on the challenges of designing an effective industrial policy—and what U.S. leaders can learn from 2022 CHIPS and Science Act:
A Playbook for Industrial Policy
What Washington can learn from CHIPS.
www.foreignaffairs.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Read Nikita Lalwani and Sam Marullo on the challenges of designing an effective industrial policy—and what U.S. leaders can learn from 2022 CHIPS and Science Act:
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Be a real leftist and popularise phonebox libraries
March 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Be a real leftist and popularise phonebox libraries
For the past few days protesters who support the fascist politician Călin Georgescu started chanting a part of the military service oath.
"I swear to defend my country, even at the cost of my life." 1/
"I swear to defend my country, even at the cost of my life." 1/
March 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
For the past few days protesters who support the fascist politician Călin Georgescu started chanting a part of the military service oath.
"I swear to defend my country, even at the cost of my life." 1/
"I swear to defend my country, even at the cost of my life." 1/
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At the speed the Trump administration is shattering US state capacity the Americans won't be able to provide much help or do anything else outside the Western Hemisphere anyway
March 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
At the speed the Trump administration is shattering US state capacity the Americans won't be able to provide much help or do anything else outside the Western Hemisphere anyway
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Once again, the rise of the AfD and its relatively greater popularity in the East has led to yet another round of discussion around the legacy of the GDR and contemporary German politics. A short thread:
February 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Once again, the rise of the AfD and its relatively greater popularity in the East has led to yet another round of discussion around the legacy of the GDR and contemporary German politics. A short thread:
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Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
February 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist.
Extraordinary.
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Blimey. Asked about Trump, Merz says he’s in close contact with European leaders about becoming “independent” from US (and confesses “I never thought I’d say that on TV show”). Casts doubt on value of NATO summit in June.
This from a die-hard Atlanticist. Things are moving fast.
This from a die-hard Atlanticist. Things are moving fast.
February 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Blimey. Asked about Trump, Merz says he’s in close contact with European leaders about becoming “independent” from US (and confesses “I never thought I’d say that on TV show”). Casts doubt on value of NATO summit in June.
This from a die-hard Atlanticist. Things are moving fast.
This from a die-hard Atlanticist. Things are moving fast.
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On 21 March 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. The same day he pardoned 8,000 Nazis, who had committed violent acts, starting with the failed Hitler coup on 8 November 1923.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
Only a Handful of Republicans in Congress Object to Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons
Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move o...
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
On 21 March 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. The same day he pardoned 8,000 Nazis, who had committed violent acts, starting with the failed Hitler coup on 8 November 1923.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
Imagine you start studying polsci in 2022 trying to understand geopolitics and the "New Cold War." Meanwhile, your country's political situation starts boiling that now you reconsider your entire academic focus back to authoritarian backsliding and democratization, and then also South Korea happens!
December 4, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Imagine you start studying polsci in 2022 trying to understand geopolitics and the "New Cold War." Meanwhile, your country's political situation starts boiling that now you reconsider your entire academic focus back to authoritarian backsliding and democratization, and then also South Korea happens!
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![A [FAKE] tweet from South Korea's soon-to-be-ex-President Yoon Su, reading "The haters said we couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aohq6g4pn4njqioimsxtvghu/bafkreihm76lxdvcctcmb4dcjrorqaqxrzujwztozstsk5hiodditj3vzoe@jpeg)
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Many in the Middle East are starting to find out something us in Central and Eastern Europe have known for a while: that Erdogan is incredibly good at playing both sides in a conflict in order to further his own interests. Some will never forget the dramatic rallies in support of Palestine...
November 28, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Many in the Middle East are starting to find out something us in Central and Eastern Europe have known for a while: that Erdogan is incredibly good at playing both sides in a conflict in order to further his own interests. Some will never forget the dramatic rallies in support of Palestine...