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The Debate That Led To WWIII

Posted on May 25, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

There is something extraordinarily grand and moving about the famous debate between Russia’s Aleksandr Dugin and France’s Bernard-Henri Levy. It seems to me to have been the last real attempt of pre-eminent thinkers, the leaders maybe of both sides of … Continue reading →

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WWIII, Sponsored by Shein and Temu

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

Is it 1938 as historian Tim Snyder said in a conference in Vilnius? Or maybe 1939? Either way, it is 2024. And we are perilously close to WWIII. The latter part is the contention of Walter Russell Mead in the … Continue reading →

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Geography Matters

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

Geography matters. That’s pretty much the whole point of Robert D. Kaplan’s book “The Revenge of Geography”. Not in a deterministic way — there’s still room for human action (agency he calls it); we still define the future. But the … Continue reading →

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“Foundations of Geopolitics” by Aleksandr Dugin

Posted on January 22, 2024 by Joel D. Hirst

“Foundations of Geopolitics” is Aleksandr Dugin’s master magnum opus. It is the first and last thing he wrote; though he wrote before it and after it — tomes and tomes and tomes. Everything leading up to it was just that, … Continue reading →

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“My Armenian Friend” — by Andrei Makine

Posted on December 25, 2023 by Joel D. Hirst

Russia. This novel by Makine (a Russian/French emigre, written in French) takes place in Siberia in the days of Stalin. Siberia, where Stalin sent his enemies to die. And Siberia, where the families of the exiles also went to try … Continue reading →

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To Talk of Many Things… (Vol. #14 – Ukraine)

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Joel D. Hirst

Some people have asked what my opinions are about Ukraine. Despair, outrage, impotence. Probably the same as you. I was in Kyiv once, though only the airport. I was planning to go back to visit friends, during a summer which … Continue reading →

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War in Europe

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Joel D. Hirst

Yesterday I watched “Sound of Music” with my little boy. We are going systematically through the classics of American civilization, books and movies and ideas that made us who we are and more importantly keep us who we are. Some … Continue reading →

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