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  1. How are global trade networks being used as a geopolitical weapon? Paul Krugman explores the concept of "weaponized interdependence," where nations leverage integrated economic systems to exert political pressure and coercion. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/wea #Geoeconomics #TradePolicy #InternationalRelations This analysis reveals how modern power is shifting from traditional trade wars to the manipulation of critical infrastructure and supply chains, reshaping global dynamics for years to come. Read more about these evolving complexities in the full article. Great work on this piece, Paul.

  2. How are global trade networks being used as a geopolitical weapon? Paul Krugman explores the concept of "weaponized interdependence," where nations leverage integrated economic systems to exert political pressure and coercion. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/wea #Geoeconomics #TradePolicy #InternationalRelations This analysis reveals how modern power is shifting from traditional trade wars to the manipulation of critical infrastructure and supply chains, reshaping global dynamics for years to come. Read more about these evolving complexities in the full article. Great work on this piece, Paul.

  3. Argentina’s president threatens sanctions on Falklands oil fields amid tensions with UK

    Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #UK #Business #ForoMadrid #InternationalRelations #UnitedKingdom
    europesays.com/britain/117298/

  4. The Inquisitor’s Gavel: Oshiomhole, MOWAA, and the High Cost of Political Spite by Lawson Akhigbe

    Central to the indictment was the breathless lamentation over the demolition of the old Benin Central Hospital. Listening to the rhetoric, one would assume the facility was a pristine sanctuary of modern medicine arbitrarily flattened to make way for art.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/22/the-

  5. The Invisible Invasion: Britain’s Immigration Panic and the Arithmetic It Cannot Face By Lawson Akhigbe

    Black people account for roughly four percent of the population of England and Wales. More of them are in the EastEnders cast than are arriving on the asylum route in any given year. Yet Britain has contrived to make this the defining political question of the age. We should talk about that.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/19/the-

  6. The People Did Vote for Mass Immigration – Through Parliament by Lawson Akhigbe

    One of the most persistent slogans of Britain’s political far right is the claim that “the people did not vote for mass immigration.” It is a phrase repeated endlessly in television studios, social media posts, and political rallies. It sounds persuasive. It sounds democratic. It is also fundamentally wrong.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/19/the-

  7. "I'm going to unilaterally punish you for breaking rules that do not and have never existed and you better not retaliate or there will be big trouble" is, technically speaking, some form of international relations.

    It is the stupidest, most counter-productive, hypocritical, internally inconsistent, and laughable form, but still. We don't expect much different from the #stupidest political regime in the history of North America.

    I think I speak for much of Canada when I say, with all my heart, sincerely and truly, "Fuck you, Hoekstra" and "Fuck you, Trump".

    Mr. Carney, it's time to grow a backbone to put behind those elbows you love talking about but don't actually seem to be capable of using.

    #USPol #Trump #MangoMussolini #DumbestStudentIEverTaught #Hoekstra #PeteHoekstra #PersonaNonGrata #Canada #InternationalRelations #diplomacy #swear #curse #Canada #Carney #MarkCarney #PrimeMinister #ElbowsUp

  8. The Sky Becomes a Minefield: How Drone Swarms Are Ending the Age of Air Superiority by Gandalv

    NN reports that the pilot of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, shot down over Iran in April, described a sight that immediately triggered debate inside the U.S. Intelligence Community: multiple Iranian drones in the air, apparently interconnected or coordinated, moving as one. One source described larger drones with smaller drones beneath them, “like legs.” Another described it as a “minefield of drones” in the sky.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/16/the-

  9. How King Leopold II Of Belgium Killed 10 Million Africans In The Congo – Harrowing Details

    King Leopold II of Belgium laid claim to the Congo and declared it his territory while exerting physical threats to the indigenous people of the Congo (Kongo). He declared the people and the land to be his property, and he quickly turned the country into a moneymaking venture for himself and his throne.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/13/how-

  10. The Law Is a Blunt Instrument by Lawson Akhigbe

    In the fearful months and years following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, Western democracies faced an unenviable dilemma. Their citizens demanded protection from an enemy that recognised no borders, wore no uniforms and deliberately targeted civilians.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/12/the-

  11. Irish War of Independence vs Irish Civil War: What’s the Difference? By Fearghal Fitzgibbon

    The War of Independence followed on from the unsuccessful Easter Rising in 1916. While the Rising had little support from the Irish population, the British crackdown hardened public opinion against British rule. Subsequent events such as the Conscription Crisis helped Sinn Féin, an Irish nationalist party, to a landslide victory in the 1918 general election. Establishing their own parliament, Dáil Éireann, they declared independence while the Irish Republican Army (IRA) fought a guerrilla campaign across the island.

    lawakhigbe.com/2026/08/11/iris

  12. Radio Nepal Online: Ancient Newa manuscripts maintained online with Japanese support. ” In partnership with UNESCO, Archive Nepal has digitized more than 30 rare and endangered manuscripts dating back 200 to 800 years with the support of the Japanese government.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/10/radio-nepal-online-ancient-newa-manuscripts-maintained-online-with-japanese-support/
  13. Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Returns Two Sculptures to the Kingdom of Cambodia. “The repatriation follows new information that emerged through the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s ongoing investigations into art dealer Doris Weiner, which helped determine the works should be returned to Cambodia.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/11/metropolitan-museum-of-art-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-returns-two-sculptures-to-the-kingdom-of-cambodia/
  14. Politico: US commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur denied UK entry. “Britain has barred left-wing U.S. commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker from entering the U.K. Uygur — a Turkish-American political activist who hosts the ‘Young Turks’ YouTube channel — and his nephew Piker, a prominent Twitch streamer, were due to speak at the SXSW London Conference this week, and then at Oxford […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/01/politico-us-commentators-hasan-piker-and-cenk-uygur-denied-uk-entry/
  15. As Israel Entrenches, Frustration With Hezbollah Turns to Support

    From their hilltop village in southern Lebanon, gravediggers watched black smoke curl up from the opposing ridgeline. Just…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #DefenseandMilitaryForces #hassan #Hezbollah #Internationalrelations #Iran #Israel #Lebanon #nasrallah
    newsbeep.com/514088/

  16. Anthony Eden by V. Trukhanovsky

     

    In his monograph, V. Trukhanovsky, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences and a specialist on contemporary British history, presents a political biography of the famous British diplomat, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, who played an important role in British foreign policy from the 1930s to the 1950s.

    This political portrait of Anthony Eden also serves to illustrate Anglo-Soviet, Anglo-American and Anglo-European relations, particularly in the immediate pre-war years.

    The author devotes specific attention to Eden’s political activity during the creation of the anti-Hitler coalition and in the post-war period.

    This book represents a notable contribution to the elaboration of the history of international relations, and will be of interest to the wide readership.

    Translated from the Russian by Ruth English Designed by Inna Borisova

    You can get the book here and here

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    Original scan.

    A 1984 Soviet work. Scanned by Ismail, sent to him by Crickwich.

    Contents

    From the Author 5

    Chapter I The Beginning of the Road 7

    Chapter II The First Stage in the Policy of “Appeasement” 41

    Chapter III Foreign Secretary in a Government of “Appeasers” 96

    Chapter IV The War Years 174

    Chapter V Opposition: The First Post-War Decade 223

    Chapter VI Failure of a Policy, Failure of a Career 285

    Epilogue 345

    #1984 #history #internationalRelations #sovietLiterature #sovietBritishRelations
  17. #Zionism is a European political concept, not a Judaic, religious or ethnic one. It was invented by Europeans FOR Europeans. That’s why it plays out in the so-called #middleast exactly how European #colonialism has played out on every continent: as violent taking.
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    #AviShlaim is an Arab Jewish historian, a leading scholar of modern history of #Palestine & #Israel. He is Emeritus Professor of #InternationalRelations at #UniversityOfOxford and a Fellow of the #British Academy.

    #Iraq #ArabJew

  18. "Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar launched his party’s election campaign in Budapest on Sunday, vowing to restore Hungary’s Western orientation just eight weeks before he faces Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a pivotal vote":
    apnews.com/article/hungary-opp
    #BetterTogether #Hungary #Alliances #InternationalRelations

  19. 📕 Zélia Pereira is one of the editors of the book 'Everyday Diplomats. The Global Solidarity Movement for Timor-Leste, 1975-99', about the "other diplomacy" performed by activists in solidarity with the fight against Indonesia's occupation of #TimorLeste.

    🔓 Available in #OpenAccess: pressbooks.pub/everydaydiploma

    #Histodons #DiplomaticHistory #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy #Colonialism #Activism #MastoBooks #AcessoAberto #Diplomacia #HistóriaDiplomática #RelaçõesInternacionals

  20. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust — or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding and the confidence and the courage which flow from conviction.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
    Speech (1945-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C.

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #confidence #conviction #courage #fear #foreignrelations #internationalaffairs #internationalrelations #mistrust #peace #principles #suspicion #understanding