@zaz.bsky.social
professor of international relations | studies armed conflict and social change - Substack (IT): @francescostrazzari
Really?!
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio just gave one of the most explicitly pro-colonialist speeches in 21st century.
The US empire wants Europe to help it recolonize the Global South.
Rubio was at Munich Security Conference, surrounded by European leaders, who gave him a standing ovation.
AI researcher says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
12.02.2026 12:37 — 👍 87 🔁 33 💬 4 📌 6
#Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
Longer sentence signals turning point for Tunisia’s opposition: “opposition figures, lawyers, #journalists, and activists have faced arrest and lengthy prison sentences . . ."
READ: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...
La maggior parte dei media è impegnata a ridurre il caso Epstein a scandalo sessuale. Tuttavia, chiunque abbia letto i files attraverso i social media ha chiaro di non trovarsi davanti a un sexgate.
Caso Epstein, oltre la superficie dello scandalo
@zaz.bsky.social
ilmanifesto.it/caso-epstein...
'partial membership' is something conceptually new
10.02.2026 09:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
02.02.2026 18:30 — 👍 26172 🔁 8272 💬 854 📌 1173So much for the party of individual freedom and small government. The Republican Party is now all in on the police state.
Just to be clear, immigrants are not “invaders” and people standing up for human rights are not “traitors.” People who defend state violence ARE betraying American values.
tomorrow - Tuesday 3rd, we conclude in Pisa our PRIN PNRR research project on engaging jihadists in negotiations in the Global South. Publications will follow
02.02.2026 12:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a gentle reminder
02.02.2026 12:16 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
graph tracking democratic backsliding is occuring more quickly in the US than elsewhere.
New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
“The overwhelming liberal focus on disinformation misreads how digital platforms work: misleading content is everywhere, but the real battleground is over emotion and attention”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This phrase should not exist. A pox upon a society that allows this to happen. Burn it all down and start over.
"An uprising of children in a DHS concentration camp"
ICE already knows who Minneapolis protesters are: they use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
Le Monde goes back to the 'Dmitriev case', the historian of Stalinist crimes sentenced to fifteen years in prison: one of the heaviest among Russian political prisoners (an estimated number of 3,000-4,600)
www.lemonde.fr/histoire/art...
Ukrainian Defence Minister Fedorov confirms that Russian forces are equipping drones with Starlink satellite systems
27.01.2026 13:36 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
‘Humanity needs to wake up’ to dangers of AI, says Anthropic chief www.ft.com/content/c309...
27.01.2026 11:17 — 👍 59 🔁 16 💬 17 📌 33
A militia that kills: Milan’s mayor says ICE agents are ‘clearly not welcome’ in Winter Olympics co-host city “because they don’t guarantee they’re aligned with our democratic security management methods”.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
According to the latest data published by the Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), as of Saturday January 24, the total number of confirmed deaths from the recent crackdown on anti-regime protests in Iran has reached 5,459, while the number of deaths currently under investigation stands at 17,...
25.01.2026 06:12 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
This is the correct take. And what do we think will happen if (when?) the civil unrest in the US gets worse?
It's simple. If you look like a political basket case, your currency becomes much less appealing.
Remember 10 years ago when the United States kidnapped Nicolas Maduro?
26.01.2026 01:13 — 👍 42 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
I’m building, on top of everything else that I am doing, one of the greatest and most beautiful Ballrooms anywhere in the World, with more than 300 Million Dollars of Great American Patriots’ money, and working closely with, right from the beginning, the United States Military and Secret Service. This is a GIFT (ZERO taxpayer funding!) to the United States of America, of 300 to 400 Million Dollars (depending on the scope and quality of interior finishes!), for a desperately needed space, sought for over 150 years by previous Presidents and Administrations, so that the White House would no longer be forced to use a cheap and unsafe “tent,” for big and important STATE EVENTS, Dinners, Meetings, Conferences, and already scheduled future INAUGURATIONS (for safety, security, and capacity purposes!), on a very wet, and subject to weather, White House lawn. Making such a large gift to the U.S.A. was thought to be, by almost everyone, “A WONDERFUL THING TO DO” — But no, as usual, I got sued, this time by the Radical Left National (No!)Trust for Historic Preservation, a group that couldn’t care less about our Country! All of the Structural Steel, Windows, Doors, A.C./Heating Equipment, Marble, Stone, Precast Concrete, Bulletproof Windows and Glass, Anti-Drone Roofing, and much more, has been ordered (or is ready to be), and there is no practical or reasonable way to go back. IT IS TOO LATE! Why didn’t these obstructionists and troublemakers bring their baseless lawsuit much earlier? Congress never tried, or wanted, to stop the Ballroom Project! Everyone knew what was taking place at the White House — A great, big, beautiful gift to the United States of America! For those that are interested, the tiny East Wing was so “bastardized” and changed, built and rebuilt over the years, that it bore no resemblance or relationship to the original building
. The so-called “preservationists,” who get their money from the most unusual of places, should not be allowed to stop this desperately needed addition to our GREAT White House, a place that a President has never needed permission to change or enhance, because of the special grounds on which it sits, no matter how big (and important!), that enhancement may be. Additionally, in this instance, it is being done with the design, consent, and approval of the highest levels of the United States Military and Secret Service. The mere bringing of this ridiculous lawsuit has already, unfortunately, exposed this heretofore Top Secret fact. Stoppage of construction, at this late date, when so much has already been ordered and done, would be devastating to the White House, our Country, and all concerned. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Trump: “I’m building, on top of everything else that I am doing, one of the greatest and most beautiful Ballrooms anywhere in the World, with more than 300 Million Dollars of Great American Patriots’ money, & working closely with, right from the beginning, the US Military and Secret Service”
25.01.2026 17:33 — 👍 1004 🔁 266 💬 311 📌 135
"Israeli arms exports surged in the wake of the genocide, reaching a record $14.8 billion in 2024. Europe emerged as the largest buyer, accounting for 54 percent of total exports."
www.972mag.com/germany-isra...
Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
21.01.2026 21:33 — 👍 2956 🔁 1210 💬 149 📌 67
kind reminder
21.01.2026 16:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trovo sia molto preoccupante come sui media italiani gli sviluppi nel Nordest della Siria, a tre giorni dall'inizio dell'offensiva, restino sostanzialmente oscurati
substack.com/@francescost...
Major implications here for an Islamic State resurgence in #Syria.
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Whilst I welcome a ceasefire in Syria I worry that there will be a silent war against Kurdish communities and other Syrian minorities, especially given HTS’s past history.
18.01.2026 16:35 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
looks like in the latest issue of Civiltà Cattolica the Gesuits give a 15 page answer to JD Vance's ideas about the ordo amoris
17.01.2026 18:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
