Shawn :D

Cumings on class fractions of US Empire (20th c): 1) Eastern capital capable of competing globally; favored state sovereignty, international orgs & economic integration 2) Weaker sunbelt capital; hoped to maintain itself thru more direct imperialism modeled after Indian Wars

Government must deliver for working people—and every dollar in our budget should work as hard as they do. That’s why I directed every agency to cut waste and help close our budget gap. Here’s some of what we found.

A brutal cultural appropriation by western brands.

This is as revealing about Chinese foreign policy as it is about the Taliban. It seems that even when it comes to national security matters, the PRC is essentially transactional. A rising hegemon should be able to integrate its own objectives into a seemingly universal project.

the indian left is just so doomed because many times indian leftists will be making great points about bjp, hindutva, casteism, sanghis etc and they'll end it with "and this is why all indians deserve to get hate crimed" like ok you lost me.

apparently lord mountbatten was only viceroy of india because he was a labour party supporter... bro you had margaret thatcher aka riff raff from the farmer's market lionize the self reliance of the wealthy and meanwhile the king's uncle believed in the moral case for socialism

-بحسب Africa Intelligence تم تجميد صفقة الأسلحة بين باكستان والسودان التي كانت تشمل مقاتلات JF-17 وطائرات مسيرة بوساطة من السعودية نتيجة مناخ عدم الثقة بين الرياض وبورتسودان - حيث تجد الرياض صعوبة في النظر إلى الجيش السوداني كشريك على المدى الطويل و تضغط حاليا باتجاه تشكيل حكومة مدنية