The gap between the fall of the Roman Empire and the first glimmers of the Renaissance was about 1,000 years. No one has that kind of time anymore.
Can Europe Stop Trump and Putin?
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The Illusion of Ceasefires
Donald Trump promised that he would force warring parties in Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere to stop fighting and get along. In fact, he’s just siding with aggressors.
It’s Time: Boycott America
Name-and-shame tactics don’t work with leaders who have no shame. Grab Trump by the wallet—it’s the only language he understands.
Crypto and the Far Right
Crypto helps loot the public sector and enrich the already rich.
The End of U.S. Soft Power?
Trump’s effort to end U.S. foreign aid throws out a lot of babies with the bathwater.
Europe Has to Choose: Maintain an Abusive Relationship or Break with America
As Trump lays waste to the transatlantic alliance, the EU must help stop the spread of illiberalism.
The Trump-Musk Cultural Revolution
The MAGA crowd doesn’t want just regime change. It wants to root out all vestiges of progressivism, liberalism, and secularism from American society.
Trump’s Scare Tactics
Donald Trump is Scary Movie 6. How much is spoof and how much is genuine horror?
The End of American Democracy?
Is America’s political future either a coup or a civil war?
America’s Homegrown Superstorm
Trump‘s domestic policies will have catastrophic impacts, to be sure. But his environmental moves threaten the entire planet and the future of life on it.