Showing posts with label International Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Politics. Show all posts
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Volker Ullrich, The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

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At Amazon, Volker Ullrich, Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich . #CommissionEarned
Friday, April 19, 2024

Yaroslav Trofimov, Our Enemies Will Vanish

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At Amazon, Yaroslav Trofimov, Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence . #CommissionEarned
Monday, July 24, 2023

Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus

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At Amazon, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer .
Thursday, July 20, 2023

The Political Rise of Ultra-Orthodox Jews Shakes Israel's Sense of Identity

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This is interesting. At the Wall Street Journal , " Fast-growing group of religious conservatives allies with Netanyahu to take on Supr...

Witness Describes Moment When U.S. Army Private Travis King Crossed the Demilitarized Line Into North Korea (VIDEO)

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Following-up, " U.S. Army Soldier in North Korean Custody After Crossing Border 'Voluntarily' ." It turns out the kid was ...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

U.S. Army Soldier in North Korean Custody After Crossing Border 'Voluntarily'

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This is really bizarre. I'm still figuring out this story.  At the Wall Street Journal , " U.S. Soldier Held in North Korea After C...
Sunday, May 21, 2023

Russia Retakes Bakhmut (VIDEO)

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At the Wall Street Journal , " Bakhmut Is Largely Under Russian Control, Says Ukrainian General ": Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy say...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Luke Harding, Invasion

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At Amazon, Luke Harding, Invasion: The Inside Story of Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival .
Sunday, April 9, 2023

Xi Jinping Says He Is Preparing China for War

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From John Pomfret and Matt Pottinger​, at Foreign Affairs , " The World Should Take Him Seriously ": Chinese leader Xi Jinping say...
Friday, March 31, 2023

White House Calls on Russia to Release Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich

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A journalists worse nightmare. At WSJ, " Biden Calls on Russia to Release Journal Reporter ": WASHINGTON—President Biden urged Rus...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Has Ukraine Exposed the Russian Military as a Paper Tiger?

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At the National Interest , " While Russia may have large amounts of Cold War hardware, the military's performance in Ukraine indica...
Thursday, March 2, 2023

Dubious Alliances: Germany’s New Peace Movement Has Some Explaining to Do

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At Der Spiegel , " Putin’s war in Ukraine is unsettling many in Germany. A new peace movement is forming in the country, but it is stir...

Epic Tank Battles in Ukraine

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Interesting piece. At the New York Times , " In an Epic Battle of Tanks, Russia Was Routed, Repeating Earlier Mistakes ": A three-...
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

The Conversation About Ukraine Is Cracking Apart

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From Stephen Walt, at Foreign Policy , " What government officials are saying in public, and private, is fascinating—and full of contra...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

The War Is Right And Just. But Is It Prudent?

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From Andrew Sullivan, " A year later, the end-game of the war in Ukraine is dangerously murky ": There are so many ways in which t...

What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Nuclear Weapons

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From Nina Tannenwald, at Foreign Affairs , " The Bomb in the Background ": In a major speech this week, Russian President Vladimir...
Monday, February 6, 2023

Chinese Air Balloon Exposes America's Humiliation (VIDEO)

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Background at WSJ , " U.S. Air Defenses Failed to Spot Earlier Chinese Balloon Intrusions, General Says ." And Tucker Carlson'...
Friday, February 3, 2023

Secretary of State Antony Blinken Cancels Trip to Beijing Over Chinese Spy Balloon (VIDEO)

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This is freaky cold war-level shit.  At the Wall Street Journal , " Blinken Trip to China Postponed After Suspected Spy Balloon Spotted...
Monday, January 16, 2023

In a First, South Korea Declares Nuclear Weapons a Policy Option

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Seoul could go nuclear in a heartbeat. Given the sketchy security situation in East Asia, I wouldn't blame them. At the New York Times ,...
Monday, January 2, 2023

Robert Kagan, The Ghost at the Feast

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At Amazon, Robert Kagan, The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941 .