remarkable amount of talk abt how Trump is going to administer Venezuela when he pretty clearly hasn't overthrown the current govt yet

Well worth it read open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

But what if Maduro’s involvement in the drug trade was an “official act”?

When historians discover that the Alaska summit was to negotiate a secret clause dividing the world into 3 spheres, this will all make sense.

Worth reading open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York

Who Controls AI Exactly? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-c...

Well worth reading open.substack.com/pub/olgalaut...

True substack.com/@alisavaldes...

Note to @nytimes.com editors: there aren’t “territorial disputes” in Donetsk. Russia illegally invaded and is illegally occupying Ukrainian territory. Stop legitimizing the Kremlin’s framing.

Chilling… www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Always an honor and pleasure to be at ICDS

ICDS was pleased to host a roundtable with Brian Whitmore, Assistant Professor at UT Arlington, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council, and host of the @powervertical.bsky.social podcast. Discussions centred on his upcoming report "Russian Illusions: How the West Lost the Post-Cold War".

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I speak to Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social about his new report for The Atlantic Council deconstructing the false narratives Russia has used to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine. www.powervertical.org/2025/12/19/m...

In the 12th report in The Atlantic Council's (@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social) Russia Tomorrow series (Casey Mchel @cjcmichel.bsky.social deconstructs the myths and narratives the Kremlin has used to justify its illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...

This is well worth a read… open.substack.com/pub/theratio...

Warning! Over-the-top-alliteration alert!

Germans don’t f**k around when it comes to cleanliness & sanitation!

Wise words from former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves open.substack.com/pub/thilves/...

@pkrugman.bsky.social really nails it here. A must-read post open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

This is an exceptional podcast on foreign policy, highly recommended:

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I break down the oligarchic convergence behind the so-called peace plan for Ukraine with Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social and David Kramer www.powervertical.org/2025/12/05/w...

This this this this THIS!!!!!!

Something else to worry about www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Ahm, wow! Very disturbing open.substack.com/pub/diplomat...

Indeed substack.com/@anneappleba...

Indeed

Ungrateful Ukrainians, didn’t even thank for such a brilliant plan of their own capitulation and rewarding the Russian aggressor.

The full text of the EU counterproposal has been released. Interesting reading. I wonder how the negotiations this week will go.

Ukraine could have surrendered in 2014. But we didn’t. Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t. And we could surrender now. But we will not. We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.

Highly recommended open.substack.com/pub/newrepub...

Ukraine is facing one of its most perilous moments since the Russian full-scale invasion. On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I break it down with the always insightful Mike Carpenter and James Sherr www.powervertical.org/2025/11/21/u....

The Power Vertical Podcast did not appear last week. In its place I moderated a panel at The Atlantic Council launching a great paper by Hanna Liubakova, Minsk in Moscow's Grip, on Russia's de facto takeover of Belarus. Panelists included Agnia Grigas & Giselle Bosse www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCdV...

Well worth a read open.substack.com/pub/wessiler...

lol substack.com/@borowitzrep...

Well worth a read www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...