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<item><title>Iraq Faces First Quiet Election in Decades. Don't Let That Fool You., by James Durso</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:34:46 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Durso]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551236</guid><description><![CDATA[]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>6</slash:comments></item><item><title>Katy Perry’s Horrible Music Cannot be Turned Off, by Richard Parker</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/katy-perrys-horrible-music-cannot-be-turned-off/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/katy-perrys-horrible-music-cannot-be-turned-off/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:48 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Parker]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551244</guid><description><![CDATA[Author’s note: The caption “Entartete Musik” featured on this and other images means “degenerate music.” This along with greater condemnations of degenerate art were a prominent platform position of a certain political movement in the past. Some readers may recognize the stylized lettering from a certain progpaganda poster as well. The cultural milieu any individual...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>2</slash:comments></item><item><title>Is Israel ‘On the Brink?’ (w/ Ilan Pappé), by Chris Hedges</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/is-israel-on-the-brink-w-ilan-pappe/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/is-israel-on-the-brink-w-ilan-pappe/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Hedges]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551243</guid><description><![CDATA[Despite the demoralization and destruction produced by Israel’s two-year-long genocidal campaign on the Palestinians, Israel potentially finds itself at its weakest point in its short history. In his new book, Israel on the Brink, renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappé makes the case that Israel’s current path forward is unsustainable. With a combination of domestic, political,...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>1</slash:comments></item><item><title>The AutoPen Solution to the Debt Crisis, by Philip Kraske</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/the-autopen-solution-to-the-debt-crisis/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/the-autopen-solution-to-the-debt-crisis/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:00:01 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Kraske]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551239</guid><description><![CDATA[Desperate times, desperate measures. Here’s an offer that Chuck Schumer can make to President/King Trump to end the government shutdown: “That Autopen photo that replaces Biden’s picture on your Walk of Fame? It is insulting and unAmerican and...well, I won’t go on. But here’s the deal: if you’ll replace it with a normal photo of...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Attack of the Cat Ladies, by Jack Antonio</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/attack-of-the-cat-ladies/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/attack-of-the-cat-ladies/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:10:26 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Antonio]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551222</guid><description><![CDATA[America has been invaded but not by a foreign force. No, this invasion is much more insidious. America has been invaded and subverted from within. A female army of obnoxious, humorless, censorious, scolds and shrews has slithered out from beneath various rocks to occupy, moderate and control all thought, speech and behavior public and private....]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>12</slash:comments></item><item><title>From Darwin to Deontology, by Jonas E. Alexis</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/from-darwin-to-deontology-the-fetzer-alexis-philosophical-and-historical-debate-part-i/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/from-darwin-to-deontology-the-fetzer-alexis-philosophical-and-historical-debate-part-i/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:00:37 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonas E. Alexis]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551210</guid><description><![CDATA[Note to the reader: The debate will proceed as follows: I (JEA) will first summarize key points of tension and outline some of the central issues, after which James Fetzer will respond. A second installment—published later, which may be considered the rebuttal period—will follow the same format. JEA: Following the publication of my article on...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>22</slash:comments></item><item><title>Serge Alexandre Stavisky: The Jewish Fraudster Who Brought Down a French Government, by Jose Alberto Nino</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/serge-alexandre-stavisky-the-jewish-fraudster-who-brought-down-a-french-government/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/serge-alexandre-stavisky-the-jewish-fraudster-who-brought-down-a-french-government/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 04:00:48 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose Alberto Nino]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551196</guid><description><![CDATA[A single fraudster exposed the fragility of modern France by showing that power serves itself before it serves justice. Serge Alexandre Stavisky was born on November 20, 1886, in Slobodka near Kiev in the Russian Empire. The son of Emmanuel Stavisky, a Russian Jewish immigrant, Alexandre received his formal education at the prestigious Lycée Condorcet...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>6</slash:comments></item><item><title>By Confiscating Russian Frozen Assets, Europe Was Playing with Fire, by J. Ricardo Martins</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/by-confiscating-russian-frozen-assets-europe-was-playing-with-fire/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/by-confiscating-russian-frozen-assets-europe-was-playing-with-fire/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Ricardo Martins]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551176</guid><description><![CDATA[EU leaders at a summit in Brussels failed to agree on a plan to confiscate illegally frozen Russian assets. When European leaders met in Brussels on October 23-24, 2025, the bloc confronted a dilemma that exposes the fault lines of a post-Cold War settlement: what to do with the vast stock of Russian sovereign assets...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>12</slash:comments></item><item><title>Richard Hanania's Economic Illiteracy, by Keith Woods</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/richard-hananias-economic-illiteracy/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/richard-hananias-economic-illiteracy/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:05:23 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Woods]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551152</guid><description><![CDATA[Richard Hanania penned an article titled The System Everyone Hates Is the One That Has Actually Worked, intended as a defence of every leftist college professor’s favourite ideological punching bag — neoliberalism. Hanania prides himself on attacking the populist beliefs of the left and right alike in favour of the “elite human capital” beliefs which...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>76</slash:comments></item><item><title>America’s Miseducation System: IQ, Teacher Quality, and Egalitarian Ideology, by Lipton Matthews</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/americas-miseducation-system-iq-teacher-quality-and-egalitarian-ideology/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/americas-miseducation-system-iq-teacher-quality-and-egalitarian-ideology/#comments</comments><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lipton Matthews]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551140</guid><description><![CDATA[The United States spends over five percent of its gross domestic product on education, a larger share than most developed nations. Yet, this immense investment yields disappointing results. According to national assessments, roughly 66 percent of American students are not reading at a proficient level. The paradox of high spending and poor outcomes reveals a...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>21</slash:comments></item><item><title>Remembering Beirut: The Marine Barracks Bombing and the Lessons of Foreign Policy Restraint, by Jose Alberto Nino</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/remembering-beirut-the-marine-barracks-bombing-and-the-lessons-of-foreign-policy-restraint/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/remembering-beirut-the-marine-barracks-bombing-and-the-lessons-of-foreign-policy-restraint/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:10:44 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose Alberto Nino]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551124</guid><description><![CDATA[42 years ago yesterday, on October 23, 1983, the early morning quiet at Beirut International Airport shattered when a Mercedes truck carrying 12,000 pounds of TNT crashed through flimsy barriers and detonated inside a U.S. Marine Corps barracks. The explosion killed 241 American service members, including 220 Marines, 18 sailors, and three soldiers, making it...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>15</slash:comments></item><item><title>Nexperia Seizure: How the Netherlands Turned a Chip Safeguard Into a Strategic Misstep, by J. Ricardo Martins</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/nexperia-seizure-how-the-netherlands-turned-a-chip-safeguard-into-a-strategic-misstep/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/nexperia-seizure-how-the-netherlands-turned-a-chip-safeguard-into-a-strategic-misstep/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:10:36 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Ricardo Martins]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551175</guid><description><![CDATA[In an era of tightly woven global supply chains, the Dutch government’s forceful takeover of Nexperia is a masterclass in shortsighted policy and in rule-based order. By seizing a key semiconductor link under the guise of “security,” The Hague has endangered Europe’s industrial stability and credibility in the global marketplace. In October 2025, the Netherlands...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>2</slash:comments></item><item><title>From Antifa to Race Realist, by E. Geist</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/from-antifa-to-race-realist/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/from-antifa-to-race-realist/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:10:16 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[E. Geist]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551129</guid><description><![CDATA[Is it correct to say that you have gone from a dedicated Antifa member to a convinced race realist? Yes, although I’m not sure the term “member” is the appropriate term. “Adherent” is a better term. From what age until what age were you active in Antifa, and what years were these? I participated in...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>161</slash:comments></item><item><title>Dubai Porta Potty as a Psychosexual Inversion of Genetic Hierarchies, by Robert Stark</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/dubai-porta-potty-as-a-psychosexual-inversion-of-genetic-hierarchies/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/dubai-porta-potty-as-a-psychosexual-inversion-of-genetic-hierarchies/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:00:37 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert Stark]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551117</guid><description><![CDATA[Rumors about Dubai Porta Potty were going around the manosphere in the mid 2010s as “tag the sponsor.” Basically manosphere trolls were posing as Arab sheiks and princes on social media and getting influencers to agree to do grotesque acts for large sums of money. These rumors resurfaced earlier this year when a 20 year...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>1</slash:comments></item><item><title>Mortal Victims, by Tom Sunic</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/mortal-victims/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/mortal-victims/#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Sunic]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551104</guid><description><![CDATA[Introductory Note: The article below is adapted from segments of my speech, L’Histoire victimaire comme identité négative (“Victimhood History as Negative Identity”), delivered in October 2007 at the XII Round Table of Terre et Peuple, in Paris-Versailles. Nearly two decades later, I think it is appropriate to translate it into English, as it addresses the...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>16</slash:comments></item><item><title>The Treatment of Prince Andrew Proves We Live in a World Run by Bullying Schoolgirls, by Edward Dutton</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/the-treatment-of-prince-andrew-proves-we-live-in-a-world-run-by-bullying-schoolgirls/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/the-treatment-of-prince-andrew-proves-we-live-in-a-world-run-by-bullying-schoolgirls/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:53 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Dutton]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551090</guid><description><![CDATA[Things have moved fast in the Royal Family since I reviewed the book Entitled for this publication; the book proving beyond reasonable doubt that Prince Andrew is a liar, happily associates with and takes money from a convicted paedophile, is a statutory rapist and is a supreme Narcissist. Despite his maintaining that he “vigorously denies”...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>20</slash:comments></item><item><title>The Rise of the Thielverse and the Construction of the Surveillance State (w/ Whitney Webb), by Chris Hedges</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/the-rise-of-the-thielverse-and-the-construction-of-the-surveillance-state-w-whitney-webb/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/the-rise-of-the-thielverse-and-the-construction-of-the-surveillance-state-w-whitney-webb/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Hedges]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551078</guid><description><![CDATA[The descent into a new, mutated and technology-focused form of American fascism is already here. Those who have kept track of the rise of the Thielverse, which includes figures such as Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and JD Vance, have understood that an agenda to usher in a unique form of authoritarianism has been slowly introduced...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>62</slash:comments></item><item><title>Three Hitlers, by Hans Vogel</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/three-hitlers/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/three-hitlers/#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:00:28 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hans Vogel]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551089</guid><description><![CDATA[In his living room, studded with signed photographs of the rich and famous, Henk Visser, the arms collector and businessman, once told me about his wartime experience. Barely eighteen years old, he had joined the Dutch resistance, was captured by the Germans and sentenced to death. While he was awaiting his execution, his mother wrote...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>184</slash:comments></item><item><title>James Edwards Interviews Thomas Rousseau, Founder of Patriot Front., by James Edwards</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/james-edwards-interviews-thomas-rousseau-founder-of-patriot-front/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/james-edwards-interviews-thomas-rousseau-founder-of-patriot-front/#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:00:54 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[James Edwards]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551066</guid><description><![CDATA[What follows is an interview conducted by talk radio host James Edwards with Thomas Rousseau, founder of Patriot Front. James Edwards: When and for what purpose was Patriot Front founded? Thomas Rousseau: I founded Patriot Front back in 2017 to solve what I saw to be a potentially mortal flaw in the nationalist movement, that...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>3</slash:comments></item><item><title>European Leaders Continue to be in Denial on Ukraine But Will Nevertheless Carry on with Their Failed Strategy, by Ian Proud</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/european-leaders-continue-to-be-in-denial-on-ukraine-but-will-nevertheless-carry-on-with-their-failed-strategy/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/european-leaders-continue-to-be-in-denial-on-ukraine-but-will-nevertheless-carry-on-with-their-failed-strategy/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 04:00:45 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ian Proud]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551048</guid><description><![CDATA[Caught between a rock and a hard place, European leaders continue to deny the obvious realities of the dire situation in Ukraine. Caught between a rock and a hard place, European leaders continue to deny the obvious realities of the dire situation in Ukraine, which will only worsen over time. Yet I see no evidence...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>7</slash:comments></item><item><title>The Last Rites of Liberalism: A Sinking Ship in the Tempest of the 21st Century, by Jose Alberto Nino</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/the-last-rites-of-liberalism-a-sinking-ship-in-the-tempest-of-the-21st-century/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/the-last-rites-of-liberalism-a-sinking-ship-in-the-tempest-of-the-21st-century/#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 04:00:26 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose Alberto Nino]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551045</guid><description><![CDATA[Water pours through the hull of the ship Liberalism as she lists violently to starboard, her proud sails torn by the gale of populist revolt and multipolar resistance. The vessel that once sailed triumphantly across the seas of 20th century history, proclaiming universal rights and endless prosperity through financial capitalism, now wallows as waves crash...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>7</slash:comments></item><item><title>David Irving: The Historian Who Destroys the Holocaust Establishment, by Jonas E. Alexis</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/david-irving-the-historian-who-destroys-the-holocaust-establishment/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/david-irving-the-historian-who-destroys-the-holocaust-establishment/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:09:48 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonas E. Alexis]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551016</guid><description><![CDATA[Christopher Hitchens: “The Holocaust has become a secular religion, with state support in the form of a national museum.” David Irving is arguably one of the most controversial historians of the modern era. He has been characterized by critics as an “anti-Semite,” a “neo-Nazi,” and a “Holocaust denier.” In 2010, former news anchor Keith Olbermann...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>194</slash:comments></item><item><title>30 Years of Failure: How U.S.-Venezuela Relations Spiraled Into Military Confrontation, by Jose Alberto Nino</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/30-years-of-failure-how-u-s-venezuela-relations-spiraled-into-military-confrontation/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/30-years-of-failure-how-u-s-venezuela-relations-spiraled-into-military-confrontation/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:09:14 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jose Alberto Nino]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551044</guid><description><![CDATA[On a moonless night in September 2025, American warships patrolling the Caribbean Sea opened fire on a Venezuelan vessel, killing eleven people. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described it matter-of-factly as another drug interdiction operation. But to those watching the steady deterioration of U.S.-Venezuela relations over the past three decades, the deadly strike represented something far...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>54</slash:comments></item><item><title>Kinder Surprise: The Downsides of Adopting Racially Alien Children, by Thomas Zaja</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/kinder-surprise-the-downsides-of-adopting-racially-alien-children/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/kinder-surprise-the-downsides-of-adopting-racially-alien-children/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:00:19 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Zaja]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551012</guid><description><![CDATA[News from the small German town of Herdecke this past week has sent cognitive dissonances into overdrive after jousting reports finally settled on what many had dreaded. The stabbing of newly elected mayor Iris Stalzer was perpetrated by her own children (daughter, 17 and son, 15), who were adopted from Mali and Haiti respectively. In...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>310</slash:comments></item><item><title>The Budapest Gambit: Trump and Putin Rewrite the Rules of Power — Where Is Europe?, by J. Ricardo Martins</title><link>https://www.unz.com/article/the-budapest-gambit-trump-and-putin-rewrite-the-rules-of-power-where-is-europe/</link><comments>https://www.unz.com/article/the-budapest-gambit-trump-and-putin-rewrite-the-rules-of-power-where-is-europe/#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Ricardo Martins]]></dc:creator>		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
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<guid  isPermaLink='false' >https://www.unz.com/?post_type=item&#038;p=551009</guid><description><![CDATA[Trump and Putin are meeting in Budapest—a summit heavy with symbolism, where far more is at stake than the fate of Ukraine. Behind the diplomatic choreography, the global balance of power is being renegotiated. Europe watches—but can it still shape the rules of the game? In Budapest, history stands at a crossroads: between a fragile...]]></description><wfw:commentRss>https://www.unz.com/article/iraq-faces-first-quiet-election-in-decades-dont-let-that-fool-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>3</slash:comments></item></channel></rss>