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Going into exile under @StateDept protection is the only sensible move. As the crucial leftist stronghold in Latin America, we should see events playing out in Brazil as not just about Flavio and Lula, but the broader hemispheric struggle between the CCP and America
I hope it is actually true that Flavio has gone into exile (which is Lindy). If he stays in Brazil, he is a useful hostage. At this point, the fight for the future of Brazil will take place in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies with judicial (and other) impeachments.
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Carneyist middle powerism was always designed to be a tactical retreat disguised as bold policy: the dream of a liberal regional order. But the task will fail on essentially ontological grounds - “middle power” is a category from nowhere, encapsulating no coherent set of nations
The EU was split today over whether to offer “associate membership” status to Canada, with several countries refusing to sign off on a statement containing that phrase just 48 hours before a summit between the two sides in Montreal.
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Defense of Japan 2026 English version (Annual White Paper) is now released!
For more details, please visit our website or refer to the book.
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One less remarked upon phenomena here is the quiet presence of Salvadoran advisors across Latin America providing strategic and operational guidance: the export of right-wing state capacity is one of the most promising signs that the wave of aligned governments will be durable.
Bukele has reminded the world of a very simple truth: You don't have to tolerate crime. You don't have to let a vanishingly thin froth of scum ruin the drink for everyone else. It's a decision you make. You can choose differently.
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The idea that the law of space should fundamentally resemble the law of the sea is a midcentury idea keyed mostly to a tentative, early era of exploration.
Now, the criticality of zero-sum assets like Lagrange points and lunar ice for colonization, the importance of particular launch corridors for high throughput operations, and the highly national quality of LEO constellations suggest that technology will make holding "interplanetary territory" the more apt paradigm for how civilizations will compete and transact in this domain.
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On announcement, this was largely written off as a novelty, but the fact of the matter is that it is just the beginning: step-function enhancement in genetic modification and brain-computer interfaces will have their military impact in animals long before they ever reach soldiers
Texas-based Warhound, set up to clone and genetically edit working canines as a ‘Captain America programme for dogs’, has raised $200mn from investors. ft.trib.al/VEFr5I1
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Broadcasting live from United Nations headquarters
“The ultimate test of the United Nations in terms of breaking the ceiling that exists for women in terms of equality between men and women would be if they appoint a woman secretary-general,” says Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, a candidate for UN secretary-general and the permanent representative of Guyana to the United Nations.
“What we know is that the more we have women involved in peace negotiations, the more sustainable the agreements for peace are. And so I would certainly want to promote more of that, more women being involved, but human rights for all everywhere, including women. . . . Who better to do that than a woman secretary-general?”
Watch the full conversation: piped.video/watch?v=iFEYADzH…
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The first era of space war will focus on effects at a distance going satellite to satellite: directed energy, electronic warfare, and cyber. But a combination of maturing countermeasures, cheap launch and shielding create a stalemate favoring space marines and manned operations.
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Has the lobster gotten too buttery? Has the steak gotten too juicy? The Stimson Center has the bravery to say YES
The Pentagon has gone too far in using the Other Transaction Authority. Congress should act. breakingdefense.com/2026/10/…
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The American Deal Guy remains one of the most powerful assets in the nation's arsenal. He conjures ancient and eldritch forces in some ways more powerful than a nuclear weapon, more subtle than our clandestine apparatus, and more Promethean than our technological establishment.
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Despite philosophizing grandly about "great power competition" for years, the collective pearl clutching of the foreign policy establishment as the realities of this era come into focus tells us that - at some visceral level - they never really believed that it would come to pass
SECRETARY RUBIO: People need to grow up when it comes to foreign policy a little bit. I don't think it's unusual for the three most powerful, nuclear-armed nations on Earth to have their leaders communicate with each other.
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One of the most overlooked influences on contemporary geopolitics is the extent to which an entire generation of rising staffers formed early instincts in grand strategy gaming
Today, "Player 3" explores what the sensitive young man learned about civilization from Civilization
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The core lesson of Civilization is hard power and nationalism.
By training a generation of players in ways quite against the grain of the period, Player 3 conjectures that it perhaps sowed in part the seeds of the civilizationalism currently maturing at @StateDept and beyond.
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If RN triumphs in April, the CFR doid class will seek to frame victory as "fueled" by these protests, as if the mandate was the result of unfortunate circumstance. The reality is that these protests merely illustrate why the right has become structurally necessary in Europe.
Western liberals imported the third world into France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion. They ignored fundamental questions of assimilation and compatibility. They were told it would lead to this and they didn't listen.
I pray that France, a beautiful country of amazing people, will stop this madness before more of its landmarks burn.
And I hope Americans are paying attention. This is the future congressional Democrats seek for your country.
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