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Is the US Heading Toward a Hard Landing?

America is a plane, and it’s rapidly losing altitude. The pilot, US President Donald Trump, thinks gutting its democratic institutions and building its military, economic nationalism and MAGA personality cult... Read full article

John Feffer - July 20, 2026

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Locked Into the Loop: “Predictive History” and the End of Statesmanship — Part 1
by Peter Isackson
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The President of Peace Makes War on the Planet
by Tom Engelhardt
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Yellowstone and the Last Cowboy Standing: Dismantling the Myth of the American West
by Vikram Zutshi
Economics and Finance
Coordinated Currency Intervention and the Rebalancing of the Global Monetary System
by Masaaki Yoshimori

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FIFA World Cup: The Greatest Show on Earth

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique, Samantha Mendiguren

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The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

by Kayra Altan & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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Football and Politics: An Old Love Affair

by Ellis Cashmore

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Mediaphobia — A Timeline of Panic

by Ellis Cashmore

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The Indian Subcontinent’s Hindu–Muslim Divide

by Pocket Dynamo, Atul Singh & Ishtiaq Ahmed

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The Story of World War II

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique & Anton Schauble

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Requiem for a War Racketeer

Lindsey Graham is gone, and the tributes pour in for a "masterful operator." But operator of what? A war machine...

Time to Update Bacon’s Critique of Our “Corrupt Love of the Lie”

Francis Bacon’s essay “Of Truth” masks his own service to Elizabethan surveillance and political deception. Security...

250 Years of American Scripture

On America’s 250th anniversary, it may be time to think about how the Founders were mythologized...

Palantir and the Techno-Oligarchs: Honeyed Reason, or Crushing Hegemony?

Western democracies have entered a period dominated by techno-oligarchs, e.g.,...

by Alan Waring

Weaponized Uncertainty: Geopolitical Fragmentation and Development in the Global South

by Masaaki Yoshimori

Andy Burnham and “Manchesterism”: The New Face of Populism?

by Kent Jenkins Jr.

Book Banning, Alberta Style: Censorship in the Classroom

by Margaret Smale

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FO Podcasts: Why Narcoterrorism Still Matters

In this episode of FO Podcasts, Atul Singh and Jeffrey James Higgins examine how narcoterrorism combines organized crime, insurgency and geopolitical conflict. They discuss the rise of synthetic opioids and how cartels in Latin America increasingly resemble paramilitary organizations capable of challenging state authority. Should...

by Jeffrey James Higgins & Atul Singh

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