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Taking Global Politics Personally

welcome to the age of Omnipotent Toddlers

Jan 27 • Seva Gunitsky

The Strong Will Suffer What They Must

Vaclav's Grocer and American Hubris

Jan 21 • Seva Gunitsky

Venezuela Is a Gift to Putin

and a harbinger of more Russian aggression in Europe

Jan 3 • Seva Gunitsky

2025: Hegemonic Suicide and Other Innovations

Every generation, on reaching middle age, begins to see the world around them in decline in order to habituate themselves to their own decay.

Dec 28, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

Off With Their Heads

prosecuting your elected leader is good for the soul

Nov 6, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

The Two Mearsheimers

the best argument against his Russia theory is in his own work

Aug 25, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

Where are all the new states?

does the collapse of the liberal order give them a chance?

May 23, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

Russia is both weak and strong - that's the problem.

It insists upon itself, Louis.

Apr 28, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

Geopolitics, But Make It Dumb and Personal

Why we should think seriously about Trump’s neo-feudal order—even if he doesn't.

Apr 3, 2025 • Seva Gunitsky

An Accidental Hero

Gorbachev's ambivalent legacy

Aug 31, 2022 • Seva Gunitsky

Making It Personal

Kaiser Wilhelm, Putin, and the levels of analysis problem

Feb 10, 2022 • Seva Gunitsky

So It's Apartheid, What About the Sanctions?

Bibi uses BDS the same way he uses Hamas - as the perfect foil

May 17, 2021 • Seva Gunitsky

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