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The rise of the gerontocrats | Paul Josephson engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the-r…

Internationalism’s moral fallacies | Robert Lyman 🇺🇦 engelsbergideas.com/notebook/inter…

Fiona Hill: "During the Cold War, there were essentially five permanent nuclear powers, but only two that really dominated the international stage ... The other three nuclear powers – China, the United Kingdom, and France – were at best a kind of novelty act"

Internationalism’s moral fallacies engelsbergideas.com/notebook/inter…

The Boss may have been born in the USA, but it’s Spain that worships Springsteen as rock royalty. Bruce Springsteen’s Spanish love affair | Duncan Wheeler engelsbergideas.com/essays/bruce-s…

I spoke to Fiona Hill about Donald Trump’s fear of nuclear Armageddon:

The merits of a wartime mentality | Lawrence Freedman engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the-m…

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A fascinating Engelsberg Ideas piece with Fiona Hill who worked with Trump in his first term. It really sheds light on a big reason why Trump wants to work with Russia: his greatest fear is a nuclear war. engelsbergideas.com/essays/in-conv… And he is right. While the risk of nuclear war

Pope Leo XIII, steward of a vanished world | Ioannes de Fabbri - Chountis engelsbergideas.com/portraits/pope…

Moustaches were once a defining feature of modern western political leaders, but no longer. I explored the rise and fall of the political moustache in an essay for Engelsberg Ideas earlier this year and now you can listen to a brilliant recording of it! engelsbergideas.com/podcast/ei-wee…

One of the greatest European writers, Thomas Mann, born 150 years ago, dedicated his life to the pursuit of literary form. He left a monumental legacy. Thomas Mann’s cathedrals in prose | Morten Høi Jensen engelsbergideas.com/notebook/thoma…

A portrait of Pope Leo XIII, tracing his long career through the lens of Thomism, social doctrine, and the Church’s reckoning with modernity.

Wrote something on the occasion of Thomas Mann’s 150th birthday, which is today. (Alles Gute, Tommy).

Just catching up with this wonderful conversation between @bijanomrani and @paullay. I’m horribly behind on my reading but really must get a copy of Bijan’s book.engelsbergideas.com/podcast/ei-tal…

What a lovely essay about Thomas Mann: engelsbergideas.com/notebook/thoma…. The Magic Mountain and The Buddenbrooks are certainly among the my favorite works. Especially the former. Just speaks to you at so many levels.