Lessons I learned from Greece #1: abysmal incompetence of populist government leads many to mistaken belief it will be over quickly.

RT @AndrewYang: This self-inflicted trade war is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen.

The Trump-Zelensky exchange is the best modern illustration of Thucydides' Melian dialogue. But it wasn't always thus. The world did achieve a lot after WWII and suddenly it all comes undone.

The abject Trump-Zelensky exchange in the White House should prompt the "decolonial", formerly postcolonial academics, to consider becoming "recolonial".

The timing couldn't be worse. France and Germany are effectively with no government, elites are in disarray, people confused and disoriented. The only hope lies in the sheer enormity of the threat; it might awake us out of our slumber before it is too late.

The arrogance on display is staggering. They think their actions will increase U.S. power, but they are in fact wrecking their own country and, in the process, everyone else. This reminds me a lot of the Iraq invasion, but on a global scale.

I struggle to find a historical parallel and I can think of no less than the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, even Munich in 1938. I have always refrained from invoking such analogies in the past; I always found them excessive. Not now.

Vance's speech in Munich, a city of symbolic significance is there was ever one, is a direct attack on Europe, on freedom, and on democracy. All of which amount to an extraordinary disruption of the international system.

Trump's statement, "He who saves his country does not violate any Law" is no empty ranting. It is totally consistent with his actions of systematically dismantling the country's institutions, implemented with the assistance of the most powerful technology.

There is now total clarity, no matter how unimaginable things might seem. And they amount to this: The U.S. government has been taken over by a clique of extremists who have embarked on a process of regime change in the world's oldest democracy. 1/n.

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It's a wrap! Ολοκληρώσαμε σήμερα τα γυρίσματα της σειράς Η δική μας Μεταπολιτευση που θα προβληθεί το Νοέμβριο στην ΕΡΤ. Είμαστε πολύ χαρούμενοι γιατί προέκυψε μια ιδιαίτερη και ρηξικέλευθη παρουσίαση και ερμηνεία.

Jim Scott, a great scholar, colleague, and friend

Impressive piece of reporting—with added bonus references to my work: Who Was Abdul Raziq? - The New York Times

Why the tourist boom in Greece (and perhaps elsewhere) is not only good news--and likely to be even less so.