Outliving his usefulness.
With his whining about the “stolen” election, Drumpf does not appear to understand a basic rule of politics: politicians are only valuable because of their utility to others. Once they […]
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The MAGA pyramid.
This is a short reflection on the what of Trump’s support in the US two months out from the national elections. For weeks now I have been saying to friends […]
Media Link: “A View from Afar” podcast series launch.
Hosted by Selwyn Manning and EveningReport.nz, ” A View from Afar” is a podcast series dedicated to exploring current affairs, international relations, political events and military-security issues from somewhat uncommon […]
Letters from America, take two: An interview about Trump, North Korea and a bit more.
I have agreed to provide a weekly commentary to Mitch Harris on his Night Talk show on Radiolive. In the first instalment we roamed over a series of subjects, but […]
A tacit admission of decline.
In international relations theory, there is one standard that is commonly used to differentiate between superpowers and great powers. Superpowers intervene in the international system in order to advance systemic […]
What price for “friendship?”
Donald Trump’s classless lecturing of NATO leaders on the need to increase defense spending, and his subsequent refusal to endorse the alliance’s collective defense policy (“an attack on one is […]