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November 2023
The Green New Deal, The Far Right, and War
A review of Christian Parenti’s prescient, forgotten classic
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Economic Statecraft with American Characteristics
The United States keeps pitching Asia regional deals for economic arrangements that are not politically viable at home.
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The Truth About Indo-Pacific Trade Folly
The Bloomberg editorial board published a searing critique of the Biden administration for failing to advance the “Indo-Pacific Economic Framework…
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China’s Sacrificed Social Democracy for State Capitalism
Hope everyone’s holidays are going well. I wanted to pass along some food for thought in the form of some very smart, contrarian research. The…
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The Reactionary Worldmaking of Counter-Insurgency, w/ Joseph Mackay
A special early drop for patrons of the newsletter! What separates conservatives from reactionaries, and where do they converge? What are the politics…
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What the Hell Happened at APEC?
Depends on your source
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Curated Nerd-Cool (Nov 18)
I promised to intermittently share what I find digging through the crates of life. Here’s the best and most interesting of what I came across the past…
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China's Probing for Stability at APEC
Does the US care?
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A Grand Strategy Clinging to “the End of History”
I’ve been working on an essay for a forthcoming edited volume that will be of interest to some in the Un-Diplomatic community. It re-politicizes primacy…
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The Blue Pacific Has a Sphere-of-Influence Problem
Australia’s latest arrangement with Tuvalu furthers a trend that nobody wants to acknowledge
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