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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
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
August 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What’s the significance of the Trump–Aliyev–Pashinyan meeting? oc-media.org/whats-the-si... #armenia #azerbaijan #caucasus
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.
oc-media.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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A MAGA for the UK? These working-class voters feel left behind.
A MAGA for the UK? These working-class voters feel left behind.
www.csmonitor.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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📌 EDITORIAL: The EU looks the other way as Azerbaijan jails journalists and crushes dissent. Officials in Tbilisi are surely taking note.

▶️ Read more: oc-media.org/editorial-eu...
May 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war
April 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The trend…
The most important thing to identify here is the strong inversed relationship between “conservative” (moderate) right and “hard” right.

One might think that Conservative parties are a Trojan horse of far right success.
March 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“It is very clear that dictators didn’t get a memo about the end of history”
'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
youtu.be
February 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
China trying to occupy the US void in Europe!
Trump’s Europe Shock Creates an Opening for China
Beijing could provide an economic lifeline as EU countries increase defense spending and weather tariffs.
foreignpolicy.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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🤔 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...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Trump is a One-Dimensional Negotiator

I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
February 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The significance of Trump's Greenland talk is really what it says about his commitment to NATO and allies. If he's coming for an ally's territory hard to see him coming to defend an ally's territory.
January 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
2024 Is Finally Over. Now Let’s Forget That It Ever Happened. newrepublic.com/article/1897... via @newrepublic.com
2024 Is Finally Over. Now Let’s Forget That It Ever Happened.
Did anything good actually happen this year?
newrepublic.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees…
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’
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:07 PM
sic transit gloria mundi
December 8, 2024 at 6:48 AM
“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.”
December 5, 2024 at 12:25 AM
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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.
go.bsky.app/JMKLJt9
November 29, 2024 at 1:29 PM
“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”
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
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:21 PM
…”but they’ll always fold before a bluff.”
November 23, 2024 at 7:32 PM
“Authoritarianism is as predictable as a Swiss train. It’s already later than you think.”
November 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Starter packs do BlueSky para todos os gostos. Enjoy! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Fight back!
Remember: fascism thrives on apathy.

The autocrats want you to tune out. They want to overwhelm you. They want you to give up.

Don’t give them want they want.

Stay in this fight. Remain vigilant. And let’s keep building.
November 16, 2024 at 2:47 PM
SIM!
November 15, 2024 at 9:55 AM