New Left Review
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Left-wing journal of ideas covering world politics, global economy, movements, theory, history, culture and more.
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NLR 155 is now online.
Featuring Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner on the long downturn and its politics, plus Nicholas Mulder, Owen Hatherley and more.
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Featuring Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner on the long downturn and its politics, plus Nicholas Mulder, Owen Hatherley and more.
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'AI is a true forcing move for literary criticism because it forces us to define precisely what kind of humane intelligence we can offer'
Nan Z. Da on LLMs and literary criticism, in NLR 155.
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Nan Z. Da on LLMs and literary criticism, in NLR 155.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
'AI is a true forcing move for literary criticism because it forces us to define precisely what kind of humane intelligence we can offer'
Nan Z. Da on LLMs and literary criticism, in NLR 155.
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Nan Z. Da on LLMs and literary criticism, in NLR 155.
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'He dissimulated even when the truth would have served him. Disclosure invited scrutiny; scrutiny invited limits; limits imperilled the office.'
Grey Anderson on Dick Cheney (1941–2025):
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Grey Anderson on Dick Cheney (1941–2025):
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Grey Anderson, Iron-Ass — Sidecar
Dick Cheney (1941-2025).
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November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
'He dissimulated even when the truth would have served him. Disclosure invited scrutiny; scrutiny invited limits; limits imperilled the office.'
Grey Anderson on Dick Cheney (1941–2025):
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Grey Anderson on Dick Cheney (1941–2025):
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'To what extent, beneath the now-fetishized aesthetic, was socialist modernism meaningfully the product of a radically different social system to liberal capitalism?'
Owen Hatherley on 'Socmodernist' architecture, in NLR 155.
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Owen Hatherley on 'Socmodernist' architecture, in NLR 155.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
'To what extent, beneath the now-fetishized aesthetic, was socialist modernism meaningfully the product of a radically different social system to liberal capitalism?'
Owen Hatherley on 'Socmodernist' architecture, in NLR 155.
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Owen Hatherley on 'Socmodernist' architecture, in NLR 155.
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'In the absence of growth, no party can offer a credible programme capable of sustaining an electoral majority. The outcome has been a new configuration of political struggle'.
In NLR 155, Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner reply to critics.
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In NLR 155, Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner reply to critics.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
'In the absence of growth, no party can offer a credible programme capable of sustaining an electoral majority. The outcome has been a new configuration of political struggle'.
In NLR 155, Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner reply to critics.
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In NLR 155, Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner reply to critics.
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In NLR 155, Martín Mosquera dissects the rise of Milei:
‘The successive failure of the two major political coalitions fuelled a crisis of representation. The situation suggests a variant of Gramsci’s catastrophic stalemate.’
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‘The successive failure of the two major political coalitions fuelled a crisis of representation. The situation suggests a variant of Gramsci’s catastrophic stalemate.’
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November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In NLR 155, Martín Mosquera dissects the rise of Milei:
‘The successive failure of the two major political coalitions fuelled a crisis of representation. The situation suggests a variant of Gramsci’s catastrophic stalemate.’
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‘The successive failure of the two major political coalitions fuelled a crisis of representation. The situation suggests a variant of Gramsci’s catastrophic stalemate.’
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Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams on the new Marxism:
‘This is precisely why it is important not to conceptualise material interests as transhistorical categories existing outside of specific social conjunctures.’
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‘This is precisely why it is important not to conceptualise material interests as transhistorical categories existing outside of specific social conjunctures.’
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Jeremy Gilbert & Alex Williams, Alternative Horizons — Sidecar
A reply to Dylan Riley.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams on the new Marxism:
‘This is precisely why it is important not to conceptualise material interests as transhistorical categories existing outside of specific social conjunctures.’
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‘This is precisely why it is important not to conceptualise material interests as transhistorical categories existing outside of specific social conjunctures.’
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NLR 155 is now online.
Featuring Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner on the long downturn and its politics, plus Nicholas Mulder, Owen Hatherley and more.
newleftreview.org
Featuring Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner on the long downturn and its politics, plus Nicholas Mulder, Owen Hatherley and more.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NLR 155 is now online.
Featuring Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner on the long downturn and its politics, plus Nicholas Mulder, Owen Hatherley and more.
newleftreview.org
Featuring Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner on the long downturn and its politics, plus Nicholas Mulder, Owen Hatherley and more.
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‘A key question, however, is rarely asked: what does ‘‘material interest’’ mean?’
For Sidecar, Dylan Riley on the new Marxism:
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For Sidecar, Dylan Riley on the new Marxism:
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Dylan Riley, Material Interests — Sidecar
On the new Marxism.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
‘A key question, however, is rarely asked: what does ‘‘material interest’’ mean?’
For Sidecar, Dylan Riley on the new Marxism:
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For Sidecar, Dylan Riley on the new Marxism:
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30% off digital subscriptions for the next 2 days. Includes access to the entire archive: thousands of articles, including classics by authors from Theodor Adorno to Ellen Meiksins Wood.
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30% off digital subscriptions
A year of NLR, including access to the entire archive since 1960. Thousands of articles including classics by authors from Theodor Adorno to Ellen Meiksins Wood.
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October 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
30% off digital subscriptions for the next 2 days. Includes access to the entire archive: thousands of articles, including classics by authors from Theodor Adorno to Ellen Meiksins Wood.
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Carolyn Lesjak reviews Fredric Jameson in NLR 154:
‘In contrast to “the private lives of currently fashionable autofiction”, the works discussed here “try to write the collective, or at least register the crisis of the individual attempting to do so.”’
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‘In contrast to “the private lives of currently fashionable autofiction”, the works discussed here “try to write the collective, or at least register the crisis of the individual attempting to do so.”’
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September 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Carolyn Lesjak reviews Fredric Jameson in NLR 154:
‘In contrast to “the private lives of currently fashionable autofiction”, the works discussed here “try to write the collective, or at least register the crisis of the individual attempting to do so.”’
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‘In contrast to “the private lives of currently fashionable autofiction”, the works discussed here “try to write the collective, or at least register the crisis of the individual attempting to do so.”’
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In NLR 154, Aaron Benanav develops his framework for a post-capitalist social order:
‘From a technical standpoint, there may be no single optimal answer. But from an economic and political perspective, a choice must still be made.’
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‘From a technical standpoint, there may be no single optimal answer. But from an economic and political perspective, a choice must still be made.’
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September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In NLR 154, Aaron Benanav develops his framework for a post-capitalist social order:
‘From a technical standpoint, there may be no single optimal answer. But from an economic and political perspective, a choice must still be made.’
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...
‘From a technical standpoint, there may be no single optimal answer. But from an economic and political perspective, a choice must still be made.’
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Julia Hertäg reflects in NLR 154 on three generations of Arbeiterfilme, from the radical expressionism of the Weimar era and 1960s militancy to the damning portrayals of post-reunification Germany presented by contemporary filmmakers.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Julia Hertäg reflects in NLR 154 on three generations of Arbeiterfilme, from the radical expressionism of the Weimar era and 1960s militancy to the damning portrayals of post-reunification Germany presented by contemporary filmmakers.
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Owen Hatherley on the leftist avant-garde publisher Rab-Rab Press:
'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'
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'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'
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Owen Hatherley, Making Strange — Sidecar
On Rab-Rab Press.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Owen Hatherley on the leftist avant-garde publisher Rab-Rab Press:
'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'
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'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'
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Kevin Gray on the rise of the far right in South Korea, in NLR 154:
‘The political system remained prey to polarization, anti-incumbency and popular dissatisfaction, with the electorate both ‘deeply’ and ‘evenly’ divided, as in the US.’
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‘The political system remained prey to polarization, anti-incumbency and popular dissatisfaction, with the electorate both ‘deeply’ and ‘evenly’ divided, as in the US.’
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September 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Kevin Gray on the rise of the far right in South Korea, in NLR 154:
‘The political system remained prey to polarization, anti-incumbency and popular dissatisfaction, with the electorate both ‘deeply’ and ‘evenly’ divided, as in the US.’
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‘The political system remained prey to polarization, anti-incumbency and popular dissatisfaction, with the electorate both ‘deeply’ and ‘evenly’ divided, as in the US.’
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'No one is entitled to rest content on their progressive laurels by simply referring to the "rule of law" without attention to the kinds of law and legal institution such invocations end up buttressing.'
Martti Koskenniemi on international law in NLR 154
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Martti Koskenniemi on international law in NLR 154
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September 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
'No one is entitled to rest content on their progressive laurels by simply referring to the "rule of law" without attention to the kinds of law and legal institution such invocations end up buttressing.'
Martti Koskenniemi on international law in NLR 154
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Martti Koskenniemi on international law in NLR 154
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September 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
NLR 154 now online
Featuring Susan Watkins on Israel, Aaron Benanav on a world beyond capitalism, Martti Koskenniemi on international law, Kevin Gray on the Korean right, Julia Hertäg on cinema of the German working class, and much more...
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Featuring Susan Watkins on Israel, Aaron Benanav on a world beyond capitalism, Martti Koskenniemi on international law, Kevin Gray on the Korean right, Julia Hertäg on cinema of the German working class, and much more...
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NLR 154, July–August 2025
NLR 154, July–August 2025. Includes articles by Julian Stallabrass, Martti Koskenniemi, Susan Watkins, Julia Hertäg, Carolyn Lesjak, Aaron Benanav, Kevin Gray and Jonathan Ree
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August 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
NLR 154 now online
Featuring Susan Watkins on Israel, Aaron Benanav on a world beyond capitalism, Martti Koskenniemi on international law, Kevin Gray on the Korean right, Julia Hertäg on cinema of the German working class, and much more...
Subscribe now
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Featuring Susan Watkins on Israel, Aaron Benanav on a world beyond capitalism, Martti Koskenniemi on international law, Kevin Gray on the Korean right, Julia Hertäg on cinema of the German working class, and much more...
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Owen Hatherley on the leftist avant-garde publisher Rab-Rab Press:
'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'
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'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'
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Owen Hatherley, Making Strange — Sidecar
On Rab-Rab Press.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Owen Hatherley on the leftist avant-garde publisher Rab-Rab Press:
'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'
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'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'
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For Sidecar, Erika Balsom on Kamal Aljafari’s new film 'With Hasan in Gaza':
'Against all these crimes of extermination, every second of this documentary is an archive of presence, demanding recognition and remembrance.'
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'Against all these crimes of extermination, every second of this documentary is an archive of presence, demanding recognition and remembrance.'
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Erika Balsom, No More — Sidecar
Kamal Aljafari’s ‘With Hasan in Gaza’.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
For Sidecar, Erika Balsom on Kamal Aljafari’s new film 'With Hasan in Gaza':
'Against all these crimes of extermination, every second of this documentary is an archive of presence, demanding recognition and remembrance.'
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'Against all these crimes of extermination, every second of this documentary is an archive of presence, demanding recognition and remembrance.'
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Leo Robson on Ari Aster's 'Eddington':
'It’s as if the sensationalism of the subject matter alerted Aster to the virtues of patience and modulation...'
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'It’s as if the sensationalism of the subject matter alerted Aster to the virtues of patience and modulation...'
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Leo Robson, Law and Order — Sidecar
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Leo Robson on Ari Aster's 'Eddington':
'It’s as if the sensationalism of the subject matter alerted Aster to the virtues of patience and modulation...'
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'It’s as if the sensationalism of the subject matter alerted Aster to the virtues of patience and modulation...'
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For Sidecar, Andrew Murray discusses the politics of Britain's new left party:
'We should diffuse the idea that there is a coherent class project that could rescue society from its present depredations. That will have cascading political effects.'
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'We should diffuse the idea that there is a coherent class project that could rescue society from its present depredations. That will have cascading political effects.'
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Andrew Murray, Force of Opposition — Sidecar
On Britain’s new left party—2.
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August 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
For Sidecar, Andrew Murray discusses the politics of Britain's new left party:
'We should diffuse the idea that there is a coherent class project that could rescue society from its present depredations. That will have cascading political effects.'
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'We should diffuse the idea that there is a coherent class project that could rescue society from its present depredations. That will have cascading political effects.'
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"Her performed indifference to the enigma she presents is her defining feature as a public persona. Spectacle, for Melania Trump, is a dish best served cold."
For Sidecar, Jeremy Walton on Melania Trump:
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For Sidecar, Jeremy Walton on Melania Trump:
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Jeremy F. Walton, Life-Sized — Sidecar
On Melania Trump.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"Her performed indifference to the enigma she presents is her defining feature as a public persona. Spectacle, for Melania Trump, is a dish best served cold."
For Sidecar, Jeremy Walton on Melania Trump:
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For Sidecar, Jeremy Walton on Melania Trump:
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For Sidecar, an interview with James Schneider on Britain's new left party:
'We need a fundamental shift in our strategic vision in order to create a consensus on the left that recognises the importance of popular power.'
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'We need a fundamental shift in our strategic vision in order to create a consensus on the left that recognises the importance of popular power.'
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James Schneider, Building the Party — Sidecar
An interview with James Schneider.
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July 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
For Sidecar, an interview with James Schneider on Britain's new left party:
'We need a fundamental shift in our strategic vision in order to create a consensus on the left that recognises the importance of popular power.'
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'We need a fundamental shift in our strategic vision in order to create a consensus on the left that recognises the importance of popular power.'
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Lily Lynch on Trump and Ukraine:
'Has Trump revealed his willingness to defer to the conventional neocon-Atlanticist outlook, or is this merely an ephemeral convergence?'
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'Has Trump revealed his willingness to defer to the conventional neocon-Atlanticist outlook, or is this merely an ephemeral convergence?'
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Lily Lynch, Convergence? — Sidecar
Trump and Ukraine.
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July 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Lily Lynch on Trump and Ukraine:
'Has Trump revealed his willingness to defer to the conventional neocon-Atlanticist outlook, or is this merely an ephemeral convergence?'
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'Has Trump revealed his willingness to defer to the conventional neocon-Atlanticist outlook, or is this merely an ephemeral convergence?'
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Adewale Maja-Pearce on Muhammadu Buhari:
'A dour man who was known for never smiling in public, Buhari quickly showed his hand upon coming to power.'
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'A dour man who was known for never smiling in public, Buhari quickly showed his hand upon coming to power.'
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Adewale Maja-Pearce, The General — Sidecar
Muhammadu Buhari (1942-2025).
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July 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Adewale Maja-Pearce on Muhammadu Buhari:
'A dour man who was known for never smiling in public, Buhari quickly showed his hand upon coming to power.'
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'A dour man who was known for never smiling in public, Buhari quickly showed his hand upon coming to power.'
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