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Boiling the Frog
Russian attacks on Europe risk becoming the new normal
Late in the evening on Aug. 4, an explosive-laden drone landed at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport near a Ukrainian cargo plane in what officials described as a “new level of danger” co...
Q&A #58: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
How did Hitler dismantle Germany’s democratic government in less than eight weeks? Historian Timothy Ryback offers some answers. He is the author of a new book, 53 Days: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy.
Ryback, who has written on the le...
In Canada and Iran, Trump’s Coercive Foreign Policy Shows Its Limits
Trump thinks that the weak will surrender to him. He is wrong.
Days before U.S. President Donald Trump launched a joint military operation with Israel against Iran on February 28, his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, gave an interview to Fox...
So Much for the Trump Administration’s ‘Pivot’ to Asia
Trump Administration officials complained that the U.S. needed to focus on East Asia to deter China. The Iran war changed that.
Trump Administration officials have repeatedly complained that past administrations have been spending too much...
Trump Appeases North Korea as It Steps Up Its Aggression Against Ukraine
Trump’s Truth Social post of a 2019 picture of himself and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. He said that the two get along “GREAT” despite the “unfriendly look” of the photo. (Donald Trump/Truth Social)
On August 14, North Korea issued a...
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Berlin-based journalist, author and publisher of the Public Sphere newsletter.
Longtime journalist, former CNN producer and correspondent, now CNN/CNNI/CNNE on-air contributor. Senior columnist at World Politics Review and contributing columnist at The Washington Post. Saw history unfold in 70+ countries.
Dave Keating is an American-European journalist based in Brussels covering the European Union and the trials and tribulations of the wider European project.
Casey Michel writes on international corruption and dark money for a range of outlets, including The New York Times, Financial Times, and more. He is the author of multiple books on the topic, including the forthcoming "United States of Oligarchy."
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