Non-Identity Politics in Ukraine
The West is guessing what Vladimir Putin is thinking. It should stop and focus on what he's selling.
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- Feb 1, 2022
- 10 min
Confusion in the Borderlands
Vladimir Putin things that Ukraine is Russia. Many Ukrainians think that as well. It is confusing...
- Jan 21, 2022
- 3 min
The Bad Lieutenant
Vladimir Putin's is gambling that the West is too distracted by China to stop him. We need to understand whose team he's on.
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
2022: The New BiPolar
The Year Ahead: Prepare for a Bipolar world.
- Dec 15, 2021
- 4 min
Just How Pagan is Christmas?
Just how pagan is Christmas - actually not very.
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
Is it a Bird or a Plane?
China's hypersonic gliders are clever, and problematic.
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
Only God Can Remove a King
This year's elections have been a surprise in the US. In Nicaragua, less so.
- Nov 3, 2021
- 3 min
An Afghan Kind of War
The Taliban is now facing a civil war with the Islamic State in Afghanistan. It's going to be a long one.
- Oct 28, 2021
- 4 min
T'was Pussy What Done It
Gin Mania, William and Mary's Famine Relief and that damned pussy...
- Oct 28, 2021
- 8 min
Fun & Stylish Global Domination
Great Game Theory: Making Global Domination Fun & Stylish.
- Oct 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Dragon Blows a Bubble
Chinese real estate, moral hazards, and the dozen years it took Murff to be right.
- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
A Fracas Over AUKUS
France is in grand furie over the Australian nuclear submarines. Of course it's our fault.
- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Humanitarian Superpower
An argument for a humanitarian foreign policy.
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
Not So Foreign Policy
The fall of Kabul will be easy to ignore, the retreat of Latin American democracy won't be.
- Aug 25, 2021
- 3 min
Not Our Finest Hour
We missed our John Wayne moment this time.
- Aug 19, 2021
- 4 min
The Fall of Kabul
Whether we left 10 years ago, or stayed another 20, this was always going to happen. It didn't have to happen like this.
- Aug 4, 2021
- 4 min
Tunisian Gold, If They Can Keep It
Tunisia was the only Arab Spring country to make it to the podium. Can they keep it?
- Jul 21, 2021
- 4 min
Good-bye To All That
After 20 years and $2 trillion, the US is quitting Afghanistan in roughly the same place we found it.
- Jul 14, 2021
- 4 min
Democracy's First Cautionary Tale
Democracy sounds great, and works better than anything else we've come up with to run the shop - but it's no autopilot.
- Jul 1, 2021
- 4 min
A Riddle in a Can of Vodka
"Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside of enigma." It still is, but it may not be our riddle.
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