Hilde Eliassen Restad
@herestad.bsky.social
Associate professor of IR at Oslo New University College (ONH). Fulbright, UWC, and UVa alumna. Fall’24 Fulbright Visiting Scholar @ClementsCenter UT Austin
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January 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Kanskje han mente å kjede Goebbels til døde
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Kanskje han mente å kjede Goebbels til døde
"Anyone with eyes can see that Donald Trump is the figure currently holding a fractious right together. ... Trump’s ideological incoherence, together with his charismatic cult of personality, allows him to unify them under the banner of fighting the left."
January 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
"Anyone with eyes can see that Donald Trump is the figure currently holding a fractious right together. ... Trump’s ideological incoherence, together with his charismatic cult of personality, allows him to unify them under the banner of fighting the left."
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."
2026 is not a great year for the Semiquincentennial, given US democratic backsliding. But it *is* a great year to start the US over again. I'm sure Paine would have plenty to say about that. reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
2026 is not a great year for the Semiquincentennial, given US democratic backsliding. But it *is* a great year to start the US over again. I'm sure Paine would have plenty to say about that. reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
Republican National Convention Acceptance Speech, 1980
Republican National Convention Acceptance Speech, 1980. July 17, 1980 Mr. Chairman, delegates to the Convention, my fellow citizens of this great nation: With a deep awareness of the responsibility co...
reaganlibrary.gov
January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again."
2026 is not a great year for the Semiquincentennial, given US democratic backsliding. But it *is* a great year to start the US over again. I'm sure Paine would have plenty to say about that. reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
2026 is not a great year for the Semiquincentennial, given US democratic backsliding. But it *is* a great year to start the US over again. I'm sure Paine would have plenty to say about that. reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
and not so right about other things (slavery, settler colonialism). His impact on American political thought is undeniable, indeed his writings gave a lot of fuel to my research area, "American exceptionalism." Reagan famously quoted him upon his nomination in 1980, saying,
January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
and not so right about other things (slavery, settler colonialism). His impact on American political thought is undeniable, indeed his writings gave a lot of fuel to my research area, "American exceptionalism." Reagan famously quoted him upon his nomination in 1980, saying,
We’re history’s actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.’”
—Ron Suskind in a 2004 essay for The New York Times Magazine, quoting an anonymous senior adviser to President George W. Bush, interviewed in the latter half of 2002
open.substack.com/pub/damonlin...
—Ron Suskind in a 2004 essay for The New York Times Magazine, quoting an anonymous senior adviser to President George W. Bush, interviewed in the latter half of 2002
open.substack.com/pub/damonlin...
Reverting to the Historical Mean
Trump's foreign policy misadventures point the way toward a future a lot like the past
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
We’re history’s actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.’”
—Ron Suskind in a 2004 essay for The New York Times Magazine, quoting an anonymous senior adviser to President George W. Bush, interviewed in the latter half of 2002
open.substack.com/pub/damonlin...
—Ron Suskind in a 2004 essay for The New York Times Magazine, quoting an anonymous senior adviser to President George W. Bush, interviewed in the latter half of 2002
open.substack.com/pub/damonlin...
he continued. ‘We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out.
January 12, 2026 at 8:16 AM
he continued. ‘We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out.