Priatelia v Bratislave! Ak máte čas, zastavte sa v stredu o 17.00 v Ukrajinskom inštitúte na diskusiu o Trumpovi, stave americkej demokracie a transatlantických vzťahov. Bude o čom diskutovať!

I'm very pleased to announce @icwa.org has launched Compass, a new journal about global cultures and affairs, with terrific contributions from Michael Ignatieff, @daliborrohac.bsky.social, Roger Reynolds and more. Check it out!

Great to have @daliborrohac.bsky.social weigh in on the Czech Republic's upcoming elections: The leading candidate is "a perfect avatar for Trump’s style of politics, complete with his own red hat that says 'Strong Czechia.'”

I was thrilled to contribute to @icwa.org's exciting new publication, Compass, with an essay on the Czech Republic's Trump-in-waiting, @andrejbabis.bsky.social, and the likely contours of his looming premiership.

In other news, the president has issued a call for ICE agents to arrest each other.

The Trump administration has so far ignored Georgia, despite its autocratic government’s best efforts. Let’s hope it stays that way. /1

1/A government that is willing to do this is the same government that would nationalize a company. It is the same mentality of state-market relations. This is not an issue of Universities need to stand up. The whole free market system needs to stand up. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

In June, Ukraine is bound to lose much of its tariff-free access to the EU for its agricultural goods. Not a great move by the EU, given the size & importance of Ukraine's agriculture -- and the fact that the EU is underwriting Ukraine's budget (& will pay for lost revenue). /1

One of the crazymaking features of the current political moment is that MAGA keeps trying to retcon ideas that were just an uncontroversial part of our shared American values as of a couple years ago into some wacky left-wing position.

Bridget Brink, the US ambassador to Ukraine, says she resigned because she could not carry out Trump policy of pressuring Ukraine, the victim, rather than Russia, the aggressor: "Peace at any price is not peace at all ― it is appeasement." www.freep.com/story/opinio...

This isn’t getting nearly enough attention. Estonian navy is stopped at intercepting a shadow fleet vessel because a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 violated Estonian air space. This reduces even the implausible deniability to 0, which Russia has been relying on with the shadow fleet.

A U.S. citizen stopped upon re-entering the country and asked his opinion of Donald Trump. Terrible. “I’m an American citizen. You can’t just stop me at the border and be like: ‘What’s your opinion on Donald Trump? You’re not allowed to enter the nation.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

My latest in @thebulwark.com on the abuses and misuses of WWII history by Putin's friends in Central Europe -- and on Robert Fico's trip to Moscow on May 9. www.thebulwark.com/p/80-years-a...

My latest in @thebulwark.com on the abuses and misuses of WWII history by Putin's friends in Central Europe -- and on Robert Fico's trip to Moscow on May 9. www.thebulwark.com/p/80-years-a...

V @dennikn.bsky.social píšem o probléme, ktorý pre americký žurnalizmus predstavuje Donald Trump (a nie, nie je to "TDS") dennikn.sk/4625316/trum...

The US Army War College was supposed to organise a panel discussion at the Arctic Spirit Conference in Rovaniemi, Finland, but had to cancel as they weren’t allowed to travel.

We should be grateful to the Lord to now be blessed with having an American on the world stage who embodies good and not evil.

Wow, the first American pope is also the first NeverTrump pope!

The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he: - Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus - Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies - Retweeted twice about the Pope's health - Retweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.

I talked to @davidfrum.bsky.social about kleptocracy, autocracy, and what connects them youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw?...

Insane & sickening.

"𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏é𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐫𝐝ő. They are calling my race a TOSS-UP. My finance director has told me that if I don't receive 1,000 contributions in the next 24 hours, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕔𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕖. . ̲𝚆̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚕̲̲𝚕̲ ̲𝚢̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚞̲ ̲𝚍̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚗̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝟸̲𝟶̲𝟶̲𝟶̲ ̲𝙵̲̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚘̲̲𝚛̲ ̲𝚖̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚛̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚛̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚐̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲ ̲𝚜̲̲𝚘̲ ̲𝙸̲ ̲𝚌̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚗̲ ̲𝚜̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚢̲ ̲𝚒̲̲𝚗̲ ̲𝚝̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚏̲̲𝚒̲̲𝚐̲̲𝚑̲̲𝚝̲?"

1/29/24: “THIS IS THE TRUMP STOCK MARKET” 4/30/25: “This is Biden’s stock market”

No, Ukraine is not helpless and its survival strategy should not consist of accepting all of Trump's distinctly unreasonable demands. My latest for @americanpurpose.bsky.social. www.persuasion.community/p/ukraine-ho...

No, Ukraine is not helpless and its survival strategy should not consist of accepting all of Trump's distinctly unreasonable demands. My latest for @americanpurpose.bsky.social. www.persuasion.community/p/ukraine-ho...

"Conservatives should consider a counterfactual. Should the federal government be able to withhold all federal funding from a private Christian college (including, say, tuition dollars from the G.I. Bill or Pell Grants) unless it hires more Muslim faculty or admits more atheist students?"

Napísal som pre @dennikn.bsky.social o kríze právneho štátu v USA, v niektorých smeroch horšej než jeho súčasné ohrozenia v strednej Európe a na Slovensku. dennikn.sk/4599159/je-a...

While no one was paying attention, Slovak parliament passed a Russian-style law imposing unreasonable scrutiny on Slovak NGOs.

Looking at what China stands to gain from the US self-sabotage shenanigans, it’s quite impressive: if China plays it smart, they can have Russia, Europe, and their Asian neighbours where they want them. Wrote down a few short observations here:

So the Trump administration are saying that unless Europe accepts their plan to help Russia they'll...help Russia. If you're trying to get people to do what you want, it generally helps if your carrot is different from your stick.

Really enjoyed discussing Ukraine, prospects for peace, and negotiations including the possibly imminent minerals deal: peace-power-ukraine.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-...

New from me at Cato: In trying to force Harvard University to submit, the Trump administration is claiming a dangerous and unlawful power to meddle in the ideological tone of a private college. /1

Is it even worth commenting on own goals such as this one, or should one just quietly accept that our government is now actively helping out gangsters worldwide? /1

Trump to Fox on deporting Americans to a gulag in El Salvador: "We want to do it. I would love to do that."

I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe." But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment. 1/

Worried, as Stephen Miran et al. seem to be, about competitiveness of US manufacturing in a US dollar-dominated global economy? Tariffs are a singularly stupid, ineffective 'solution' to the problem. /1

🤔Struggling to make sense of Trump's act of tariff idiocy, tanking the global markets? My view: it's not about trade deficits, tariff revenue, or leverage in negotiations. It is about asserting political control over the US economy, Russia-style. /1

👏👏 #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne (📸 Carol Hedges)

Well I feel better now

You know you've truly got the most careful and conscientious people in charge when things like this happen.

"Trump may seem to Orbán like a brother in arms, but his trade policies are bound to hurt Hungary’s automotive sector, which employs some 170,000 people" writes @daliborrohac.bsky.social

Trump's Liberation Day will “liberate” America from affordable cars, a stable economy, and our closest allies. wapo.st/4iZoN3x

"America’s new guard are almost all white, all male, and mostly unqualified to lead the departments they are vandalizing. It's not just foreigners who are remaking plans. US scientists are looking abroad. Trump has given the world a giant poaching opportunity." My column. www.ft.com/content/5100...

Thanks to Trump, Orbán & Fico seem to be riding high -- yet, paradoxically, sources of their domestic support are quickly dissipating. In an uncertain geopolitical environment, that's a dangerous mix. www.persuasion.community/p/trump-is-e...

The administration’s key demand is not just that they can send anyone they like to a foreign labor camp, it’s that you will accept without question their assertion that the people they choose are dangerous menaces who deserve it. They want your unquestioning obedience.

No, Putin is not negotiating in good faith and, yes, he’s making you look like fools, I try to convey gently to the Trump administration in the opinion pages of @nypost.com. nypost.com/2025/03/28/o...

Thank goodness. thehill.com/regulation/c...

Some in the administration like to talk about great power competition with China. The administration’s policies, meanwhile, have largely consisted of wholesale unilateral disarmament, if not worse. My latest in @politico.eu. www.politico.eu/article/us-d...

"There’s a vast ocean separating the U.S. administration’s rhetoric about its geopolitical competition with China and its practical actions, which essentially cede ground for no discernible reason." | @daliborrohac.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/us-d...

I knew Dan Drezner when his headings were like "Sanctions work somewhat better than you think."