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This is Not Who We Are: The United States in Retreat
Of the myriad devastating impacts resulting from the chaotic behavior of the current Administration, the effort to disparage, dismantle and defund the institutions of America’s international leadership and engagement is most strikingly at odds with America’s fundamental values…
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Amerika: MAGA, China, Imperial Decline, Democracy
This report examines the current rivalries between the USA and China—two entangled but differently structured empires—which are triggering mental confusions, public anxieties and political misunderstandings and fears. Getting the measure of these world-shaping dynamics should be a priority for every thinking person, but the task is hampered by much bluff and bluster, propaganda and disinformation…
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Donald Trump’s Overwhelming Force/Surrender Style of Negotiation and Governing
U.S. President Donald Trump is making worldwide news everyday with his “shock and awe” style of governing. We, like so many others, have been entirely unable to keep up with what is going on, and have chosen not to comment on everything, as we have neither the time nor the expertise to contribute much to…
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Time to Decouple and Build Solidarity with Like-Minded?
The White House meeting between Donald Trump, JD Vance and Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a diplomatic disaster, revealing the true character of the main actors. It became a high-level political brawl which many perceived as a White House ambush to provide a pretext for a major shift in U.S. political alignment…
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Reconstructing the ‘New Syria’: Peacebuilding and Political transition After Assad
This report identifies emerging dynamics and key challenges for both peacemaking and political transition after the downfall of dictator Bashar Assad’s in Syria in Dember 2024. Events have unfolded against a backdrop of a region reeling from a 15-month long genocide in Gaza, a war and tenuous ceasefire in Lebanon and a new US administration…
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