The Stupid Cuban Missile Crisis

Donald Trump is unfit for office. He might do genocide before Congress recognizes that.

Apr 20 • Justin Ling

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March 2026

We Lost the Battle Against Misinformation

And maybe that's okay.

Mar 20 • Justin Ling

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A World of Little Trump Puppet Regimes

Welcome to the Trump Bloc

Mar 9 • Justin Ling

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February 2026

Donald Trump Fought International Law (And Donald Trump Is Winning)

The United States is weaponizing the global sanctions regime to protect Israel

Feb 19 • Justin Ling

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January 2026

Mark Carney at the End of the End of History

The rules-based international order is dead. Long live the rules-based international order.

Jan 30 • Justin Ling

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"Read the Donroe Doctrine To Them"

The thing about hegemony is that it, unfortunately, works. And it crushes real democracy along the way.

Jan 16 • Justin Ling

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December 2025

A Year in Chaos

After chaos, is there a super-chaos?

Dec 30, 2025 • Justin Ling

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Soft Power Episode 2: The Death of USAID

How the President of the United States and the planet's richest man conspired to make the world poorer, sicker, and less safe

Dec 11, 2025 • Justin Ling

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A League of Extraordinary Putinists

A cabal around Donald Trump won't rest until they've sold out Ukraine made nice with Putin

Dec 5, 2025 • Justin Ling

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November 2025

The Eye That Never Sleeps

Social media is making us afraid and anti-social. What if that's the point?

Nov 21, 2025 • Justin Ling

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Introducing Soft Power

A show about how realpolitik shapes the world

Nov 5, 2025 • Justin Ling

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October 2025

A Kleptocracy, If You Can Keep It

Donald Trump is getting richer. That's a threat to democracy.

Oct 31, 2025 • Justin Ling

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