Nuno Paixão
@nflmpx.bsky.social
Worldviews 🌍🌎🌏
Portugal and beyond 🇵🇹🇪🇺🇺🇳
Portugal and beyond 🇵🇹🇪🇺🇺🇳
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The world order as we’ve known for the last century is disappearing.
And in its place, a new order shaped by the private interests of individual men and their fiercest allies, not the interests, private or public, fair or foul, good or bad, of a nation.
And in its place, a new order shaped by the private interests of individual men and their fiercest allies, not the interests, private or public, fair or foul, good or bad, of a nation.
A new theory explains why Trump keeps threatening global takeovers
Neo-royalism challenges us to look beyond a century-old paradigm and see the hierarchical lens through which Trump justifies domination.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The world order as we’ve known for the last century is disappearing.
And in its place, a new order shaped by the private interests of individual men and their fiercest allies, not the interests, private or public, fair or foul, good or bad, of a nation.
And in its place, a new order shaped by the private interests of individual men and their fiercest allies, not the interests, private or public, fair or foul, good or bad, of a nation.
New international disorder. Fascinating thread 👇🏻
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
New international disorder. Fascinating thread 👇🏻
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chaotic2000s.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-fe... If you only read one take on the Washington DC Armenia-Azerbaijan deal, make sure it is this one by the invariably insightful @drkevorko.bsky.social
A Few Words about that 'Peace Summit' in DC
The past few days have seen a considerable amount of (somewhat premature) euphoria regarding a 'peace summit' in Washington DC between Donal...
chaotic2000s.blogspot.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
chaotic2000s.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-fe... If you only read one take on the Washington DC Armenia-Azerbaijan deal, make sure it is this one by the invariably insightful @drkevorko.bsky.social
What’s the significance of the Trump–Aliyev–Pashinyan meeting? oc-media.org/whats-the-si... #armenia #azerbaijan #caucasus
What’s the significance of the Trump–Aliyev–Pashinyan meeting?
OC Media invited analysts and contributors to share their thoughts on the Armenia–Azerbaijan meeting in Washington.
oc-media.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What’s the significance of the Trump–Aliyev–Pashinyan meeting? oc-media.org/whats-the-si... #armenia #azerbaijan #caucasus
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A MAGA for the UK? These working-class voters feel left behind.
A MAGA for the UK? These working-class voters feel left behind.
www.csmonitor.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A MAGA for the UK? These working-class voters feel left behind.
50 Years After The Helsinki Final Act, Can The OSCE Stay Relevant? www.rferl.org/a/33490204.h...
50 Years After The Helsinki Final Act, Can The OSCE Stay Relevant?
Leaders will gather in Finland to mark 50 years since the Helsinki Final Act, which paved the way for the OSCE. But as Russia’s war on Ukraine, political gridlock, and waning trust test the organizati...
www.rferl.org
August 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
50 Years After The Helsinki Final Act, Can The OSCE Stay Relevant? www.rferl.org/a/33490204.h...
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📌 EDITORIAL: The EU looks the other way as Azerbaijan jails journalists and crushes dissent. Officials in Tbilisi are surely taking note.
▶️ Read more: oc-media.org/editorial-eu...
▶️ Read more: oc-media.org/editorial-eu...
May 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
📌 EDITORIAL: The EU looks the other way as Azerbaijan jails journalists and crushes dissent. Officials in Tbilisi are surely taking note.
▶️ Read more: oc-media.org/editorial-eu...
▶️ Read more: oc-media.org/editorial-eu...
Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war
April 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war
The trend…
The most important thing to identify here is the strong inversed relationship between “conservative” (moderate) right and “hard” right.
One might think that Conservative parties are a Trojan horse of far right success.
One might think that Conservative parties are a Trojan horse of far right success.
March 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The trend…
“It is very clear that dictators didn’t get a memo about the end of history”
'Putin bet the farm' on Trump's deal, Russia will collapse if he can't secure it | Former MI6 boss
YouTube video by Times Radio
youtu.be
February 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“It is very clear that dictators didn’t get a memo about the end of history”
China trying to occupy the US void in Europe!
Trump’s Europe Shock Creates an Opening for China
Beijing could provide an economic lifeline as EU countries increase defense spending and weather tariffs.
foreignpolicy.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
China trying to occupy the US void in Europe!
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🤔 Great ✍️ by Levitsky & Way: "Democracy is in greater peril today than at any time in modern U.S. history (...) it will cease to meet standard criteria for liberal democracy: full adult suffrage, free and fair elections, and broad protection of civil liberties" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🤔 Great ✍️ by Levitsky & Way: "Democracy is in greater peril today than at any time in modern U.S. history (...) it will cease to meet standard criteria for liberal democracy: full adult suffrage, free and fair elections, and broad protection of civil liberties" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Trump is a One-Dimensional Negotiator
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
I'm going to get a little wonky and write about Donald Trump and negotiations. For those who don't know, I'm an adjunct professor at Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law and I teach negotiations. Okay, here goes.
February 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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The significance of Trump's Greenland talk is really what it says about his commitment to NATO and allies. If he's coming for an ally's territory hard to see him coming to defend an ally's territory.
January 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Link here: 2/ bakudialogues.ada.edu.az/articles/mos...
Moscow’s Evolution Towards a G-Zero/Silk Road Paradigm
: Russian Grand Strategy - Baku Dialogues Journal
bakudialogues.ada.edu.az
January 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Link here: 2/ bakudialogues.ada.edu.az/articles/mos...
2024 Is Finally Over. Now Let’s Forget That It Ever Happened. newrepublic.com/article/1897... via @newrepublic.com
2024 Is Finally Over. Now Let’s Forget That It Ever Happened.
Did anything good actually happen this year?
newrepublic.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:07 PM
2024 Is Finally Over. Now Let’s Forget That It Ever Happened. newrepublic.com/article/1897... via @newrepublic.com
Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees…
Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees
Trump also warns he would not let a ‘vital national asset’ for the US fall into the ‘wrong hands’
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees…
sic transit gloria mundi
December 8, 2024 at 6:48 AM
sic transit gloria mundi
“History can help us find our footing. This is not because we can ever know what will happen next. It is rather because history can make familiar some consistent patterns of human life.”
Four scenarios for Trumpomuskovia, the musko-trumpified America
snyder.substack.com/p/trumpomusk...
snyder.substack.com/p/trumpomusk...
Trumpomuskovia
Four scenarios
snyder.substack.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:25 AM
“History can help us find our footing. This is not because we can ever know what will happen next. It is rather because history can make familiar some consistent patterns of human life.”
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The search feature is not convenient. Here is a starter pack that’s has some accounts not in other lists. I will continue to add to this.
go.bsky.app/JMKLJt9
go.bsky.app/JMKLJt9
November 29, 2024 at 1:29 PM
The search feature is not convenient. Here is a starter pack that’s has some accounts not in other lists. I will continue to add to this.
go.bsky.app/JMKLJt9
go.bsky.app/JMKLJt9
“After the recent election, they will be in need of further comfort. But the Messiah, King says, is an admonition “to live bravely in the face of disaster and defeat”, and I hope it sustains him during the next four years”
Every Valley: The Story of Handel’s Messiah review – hallelujah! A fresh take on the composer’s much-loved work
By revealing the murky circumstances in which it was created, Charles King’s fascinating history of the oratorio shows it in a new light
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 6:21 PM
“After the recent election, they will be in need of further comfort. But the Messiah, King says, is an admonition “to live bravely in the face of disaster and defeat”, and I hope it sustains him during the next four years”
…”but they’ll always fold before a bluff.”
November 23, 2024 at 7:32 PM
…”but they’ll always fold before a bluff.”
“Authoritarianism is as predictable as a Swiss train. It’s already later than you think.”
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world by Carole Cadwalladr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
“Authoritarianism is as predictable as a Swiss train. It’s already later than you think.”