dating apps and profiles are an attempt to make the processes of romance 'legible', and to some extent can be perceived as a 'high modernist' simplification of courtship send tweet

How does the old saying go "cemeteries are full of indispensable men", the problem on the right is that its movements and organizations are personality based. That said, a good explanation for how these events are making the more "revolutionary" right feel more vindicated.

New Essay: "Did Taiwan 'Lose Trump'? scholars-stage.org/did-taiwan-l...

I don’t think I’ve seen a cleaner summation of the American strengths in WW2 that contributed to Allied victory.

Mood board

Mood board

Does it seem like there are conflicting explanations for these tariffs? What if I told you that there were multiple economic schools of thought in the administration, all with different goals--including for tariffs? Would you want to know more? Read my latest report: www.fpri.org/article/2025...

I think the dynamics here are almost entirely internal to the admin and the cabinet secretaries having had enough.

thanks!

"The x-axis of this chart describes the battleground on which econ competition with China must be fought: is this a contest to push forward the frontiers of technology and science, or does competition with China require a broader-based revitalization of American manufacturing capacity writ large?"

In 2024 I interviewed 30+ Republican officials--cabinet level down to congressional staff--on their ideal China policy. At @fpri.bsky.social I have published a report that lays out my findings. Here are the eight tribes of Republican China policy: www.fpri.org/article/2025...

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"Contrary to expectation, Trump’s inaugural address barely glanced at China. It does not outline, or even hint at, what Trump’s approach to America’s greatest challenger might be. This obscurity is by design."

May interest @beijingpalmer.bsky.social @irhottakes.bsky.social @gaodawei.bsky.social @aelkus.bsky.social @brasidas.bsky.social @gadyepstein.bsky.social @goldkorn.bsky.social @nathanattrill.bsky.social @emilyzfeng.bsky.social @mayawang.bsky.social @jacobstokes.bsky.social @jnbpage.bsky.social

In 2024 I interviewed 30+ Republican officials--cabinet level down to congressional staff--on their ideal China policy. At @fpri.bsky.social I have published a report that lays out my findings. Here are the eight tribes of Republican China policy: www.fpri.org/article/2025...

Insane how well this describes so many of us on here (I'm including myself, here)

The failure mode for Trump I think will actually be an American Gorbachev -- the parallels are very obvious, and I hope the right takes these parallels seriously enough to avoid them.

New essay: On the Euro-American Split (part I): Dread Possibility scholars-stage.org/on-the-euro-...

every once in awhile i remember @scholarsstage.bsky.social's 2018 article simply titled:

@scholarsstage.bsky.social's piece from 2018 looking like prophetic wisdom here:

You can read it here: scholars-stage.org/you-do-not-h...

This India trip report by @scholarsstage.bsky.social suggests that religious scholars investigate the BJP-guided restructuring of minority religious groups in India. Maybe worth considering. However, the same transformation happened in Japan in the 1870s, led by Shinto nationalists.

In November I traveled to India. Met with government officials. Traveled the high Himalayas. Listened to Bengalore coders speak. Here I share what I learned. scholars-stage.org/observations...

The operational method of the political extremist is to polarize options, to make the political choice binary, to make compromise or incrementalism or quietism seem foolish or even inconceivable.

"In Mayr’s vision, the concepts scientists use are the children of the questions they ask. Mayr organizes his entire history in terms of the major questions that naturalists and biologists were attempting to answer in any given era."

Lessons from the history of biology scholars-stage.org/science-proc...

Can “senseless” violence make strategic sense? Are the sort of civilian massacres we saw on October 7th acts of irrational barbarity? In @MosaicMagazine I attempt to answer this question. A thread: mosaicmagazine.com/response/isr...

There are a few interesting strains that come out of this manifesto, one of the founding pieces of the movement now known as the "industrial party" in China:

There are a few interesting strains that come out of this manifesto, one of the founding pieces of the movement now known as the "industrial party" in China:

“Let the Americans sing and dance while we smelt our iron.” In this manifesto, Wang Xiaodong urges China to keep its economy grounded in high end manufacturing. China must not follow the financiers of NYC nor build the software toys of Silicon Valley: www.strategictranslation.org/articles/a-s...

What makes a good online community? I have written before about my nostalgia for the old blogosphere I came up in scholars-stage.org/requiem-for-...