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'If somebody's going to conduct a coup, it is going to be him'
A conversation about the US and Africa with investigative journalist Nick Turse
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Jonathan M. Katz
1:26:41
What in the Africa is going on?
And what might the United States have to do with it?
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Jonathan M. Katz
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The 'world's coolest dictator' and his American fanboys
'I'm just saying that there's a lot of ways that the government can, and does, hide bodies.'
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Michael Paarlberg
1:17:04
Settlers gone wild
It's the colonialism, stupid
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The Imperial DeSantis
Ron, we hardly knew ye
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Half-in for Ukraine
No matter how they feel about the war in Ukraine, Americans tend to talk about it as an apocalyptic battle between two sides — one good, the other evil.
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Empire of Amnesia: Memory and Hegemony in a U.S.-Dominated World
A transcript
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Once more unto the breach with George Packer
Or, liberal interventionism hits a wall
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The gift shops at Guantánamo
The only thing more American than a forever prison are forever-prison souvenirs
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The sun never sets
Anywhere you turn today, especially in the English-speaking world, you’ll be bombarded by coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It makes a kind…
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Naïve Militarism and the "Lessons" of Neville Chamberlain
Pacifism did not cause World War II. Avoiding it won't stop World War III.
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Jonathan M. Katz
Gangsters Movie Night 4: Hands of Stone
Panama! Boxing! Colonialism! De Niro! De Armas! This week we're exploring the heart of America's historic "sphere of influence" through Jonathan…
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