The Trump administration’s geopolitical concept of “Greater North America” is the fascist imagineering of international relations. It’s imperialist, but a variation that differs meaningfully from liberal empire…and the implications are dire. I break down my new essay in Foreign Policy magazine, “Trump’s Greater North America is Fascist Geopolitics.”
Also this episode:
Why the costs of the Iran War reveals it as a war for oligarchy.
On Trump’s willingness to sacrifice LA and San Diego to keep fighting Iran.
Senator Chris Murphy was barred from a US military base in the UAE in order for the Trump administration to avoid democratic accountability for the Iran War.
Watching/listening recommendations:
The Drop on Hulu.
The Mother Country Radicals podcast series.
The song “Ain’t Nobody” by Chaka Khan and Rufus.
Catch the episode wherever you get podcasts, or watch on YouTube.
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“Greater North America” Is Fascist Geopolitics
Earlier this year, Pete Hegseth gave a speech at one of the new, imperialist multilateralism conferences the US now leads against the old liberal order. The delegates in attendance hailed almost entirely from hard-right governments in Central America and the Caribbean.