This is how Trump rides the tiger. He doesn’t fight against the deep state or electoral inevitabilities head on; he makes fool proof strategies that take these as givens in ways that ultimately subvert them.
The Haitian case exposes the failure of international interventions and the responsibility of national governments for the expansion of organized crime.
His rape case is a lesson for many who wish to challenge the narrative and who think their independence is a shield of some sort.
Perhaps in terms of percentage, the most profound and striking transformation has taken place in the countries of Northern Europe.
Freuding’s appointment confirms that Berlin has taken the path of rearmament as industrial policy, using the war in Ukraine as a training ground.
A more pragmatic stance toward Israel seems to make more sense, today, for European populist parties.
Peace would require a decision from the White House, or a shift in the balance of power on the ground and in the energy markets – and neither of these depends on Capitol Hill.
Barbarity is not external to the system, it lies at its very core, embedded in its logic of self-preservation, expansion, and reproduction.
