The Strong Will Suffer What They Must
Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris
“The strong do what they can" is what Athens said right before destroying itself. New piece on the Carney Doctrine, Vaclav’s grocer, and American hubris.
hegemon.substack.com/p/the-strong...
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From MAD, to open madness, and the IR scholars of the "rules-based" order only mad.
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Este año lamentablemente vamos a testear qué tan inevitables son dos leyes de la física social peruana, y encima en simulltáneo: (1) el alcalde de Lima nunca logra obtener la presidencia, y (2) el que empieza liderando las encuestas, nunca gana.
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Kind of hypothetical question: what happens with article 5 if the aggression to a NATO member is done by NATO's primus inter pares? Asking for a friend.
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Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high
Americans have turned sharply against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and say it too often resorts to violence
"YouGov has ICE at 39% favorable, 52% unfavorable...But this top line really understates the intensity of public backlash to ICE and its tactics. In February 2025, just 19% of Americans held a strongly unfavorable view of ICE. Today, 40% do."
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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A Mercosur-EU shared market is post-American Transatlanticism
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Arriving here later than I should have.
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