Out from paywall (and super-relevant imho) - my latest newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
Why is the media like this?
In this special episode of Up First, we consider the legacy of the man widely called "America's greatest former president."
New profile of Douglas Murray in @prospectmagazine.co.uk. "What is striking is how little the core of his thinking has evolved. Instead, it has calcified, expressing itself in an ever-belligerent posture of ethnic and cultural chauvinism." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...
Agreed. A modern classic!
New post from @ldfreedman.bsky.social looking at the aftermath of the Israel-Lebanon deal.
Can it lead to a virtuous cycle with peace deals in Gaza and between the US and Iran?
A super helpful overview of relationships across the Middle East.
(Free to read).
samf.substack.com/p/can-trump-...
"I remember when the phantom Kamala ad hit me. It drew me in with a photo of Vice-President Harris and a positive and appealing summary of her policies. Then the ad exposed me, to a policy that I would not like – and which the candidate did not in fact advocate."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-phanto...
Alexei Navalny's death marks the end of an era in post-Soviet history and draws a definitive line under Russia’s short-lived experiment with democracy.
Read the obituary here:
