Archive - Un-Diplomatic

A Robotics War? America Literally Can’t Compete

Even the contradictions in MAGA’s vision to restore manufacturing at home will be irrelevant given China’s advantages in the ongoing economic war.

Apr 28 •

Declassified Covert Action Documents From The Cold War

The JFK Assassination Files included some important insights about the CIA and US covert contributions to overthrowing democracies and subverting labor…

Apr 27 •

100 Days of MAGA Revolution

What it’s looking like to seriously pursue white nationalist oligarchy at home, “civilizational multipolarity” abroad.

Apr 25 •

Nuke-You-Lear Catastrophe w/ Emma Claire Foley

The latest episode of the pod is a longtime coming.

Apr 25 •

Why China, Why Not Vietnam

Only a world-systems perspective can answer that question rationally.

Apr 24 •

The Film That Taught Me About “Blowback” As a Kid

On the 1998 thriller (starring Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Benning, Tony Shalhoub, Assif Mandvi, and many more) that was also an early…

Apr 22 •

Zombie Economic Nationalism, Antifascist Protest, and Arundhati Roy

I had to wakeup at 4am to do an interview on a live radio talk show with a call-in segment—A Public Affair. The show has wonderful NPR-like…

Apr 20 •

Pentagon F*ckery

Thinking critically about the court politics inside a trillion-dollar war machine.

Apr 20 •

5 Questions About the Global South, MAGA, and Great-Power Competition

I recently did a magazine interview about how MAGA politics intersects with traditional geopolitics and the Global South.

Apr 18 •

The Death-Cult Logic of the Billionaire Mind

Part II of the billionaire reading list about international relations.

Apr 17 •

Part I: “International Relations for Billionaires” is a Death Certificate

Billionaires like David Sacks believe terrible (and terribly wrong) things about international relations. There’s meaning in that.

Apr 16 •

Flyover Country

What a future where iPhones are made in America would really look like.

Published on Blood in the Machine • Apr 13

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