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Undermining elections and democracy is a page out of the dictator’s handbook. Literally.

July 21, 2026

by Jared O. Bell 919 words When word came down that USAID was being dismantled in Nicaragua, I was sorting through old documents amid the chaos of the mission close-out. On the desk next to mine sat a book abandoned by a colleague: The Dictator’s Handbook, by political scientists Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith,…
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Armed Conflict is Surging, Peacemaking is Flagging

July 20, 2026

by Mel Gurtov 1065 words A Record-Setting Pace Wars in Iran, Ukraine, and Israel have drawn attention away from a stark fact: armed conflict is on the rise worldwide in and between states. Two Swedish think tanks with impeccable credentials report the depressing figures: the Uppsala Conflict Data Program and the Stockholm International Peace Research…
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The Trumpster fire

July 18, 2026

by Tom H. Hastings 763 words How did it start? I’m from Minnesota and my Dad took me canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness as a boy. Eventually, as an adult, I became a guide. I learned about the peatbog slow burns that could keep the embers of a forest fire smoldering underground for years…
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