international politics

The Implausible is now the Possible

By Dan Nexon

In liberal order

On July 6, 2025

Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons This week I attended a European workshop on reactionary theory and practice. I talked about two things: 1) the implications of the "deinstitutionalization" of U.S. foreign policy for international order and 2) what I see as unsustainable tensions in contemporary...

Coronavirus , Hegemonic Unravelling

If COVID-19 is our first taste of international cooperation after American hegemony, we’re in real trouble

By Dan Nexon

On March 23, 2020

There are a variety of forces pushing the United States toward the exit for global hegemony, but none is quite so frustrating as the Trump administration's simple abdication from exercising.

political economy

U.S. Market Power and Regulatory Capacity

By Dan Nexon

On November 18, 2019

Abraham Newman and I have a new article in Foreign Policy on progressive policy and the use of American market power. We begin by discussing China's ham-handed response to Houston.

Eurovision!

By Melissa Byrnes

In General

On May 14, 2017

Major news in European elections: Portugal won the Eurovision Song Contest last night. Salvador Sobral's stripped-down performance and heartfelt singing were somewhat of an anomaly in an annual extravaganza known for outrageous kitsch and over-the-top production. Previous contests have featured a Russian Olympian skating on...

Peter Edward Wray Not positive, and parsing here, but I suspect that AFGE members being referred to (contract workers, meaning working for subcontractors not the US gov) are not eligible for FEHB plans.
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pianomover Tell me about it.
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Bluejay Sounds about right.
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Wojciech 💋 🇺🇦 but don't call them Nazis or fascists because that will hurt their widdle fee-fees.
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PorlockJunior About fear of abolition of slavery in England: This actually did happen in 1833. Fearsomely imminent! The sneaky Brita already had done it for the colonies some years before, following a campaign by...
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