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Further Reading & Listening #10
Substack explained, Brezhnev returns, breaking the Trump spell, viral weirdness, Web3, White House tunes, old age, New York culture wars and…
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Ed Brophy
Further Reading & Listening #9
Hypersonics, raves, second mentions, Covid mysteries, America's first family, pop afterlives, seeking hegemony, reactionaries, snacking, the war for…
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Ed Brophy
Fault Lines #6: Présidente Le Pen?
France may yet elect a far-right President. Frexit in all but name would be the likely result.
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Ed Brophy
Further Reading & Listening #8
Putin & Russia's elites, vibe shifts, TS Eliot & the Bhagavad Gita, the climate cliff edge, opera revolutions, technopopulism, Roy Foster & the end of…
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Ed Brophy
Nicholas Mulder on the economic war with Russia
My interview with the author of 'The Economic Weapon'
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Ed Brophy
Further Reading #7
Mariupol's climate secret, history returns, Whoppers, Satchmo in the USSR, making galaxies, Byzantium, air electric, rumbling an Italian racket and long…
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Ed Brophy
Fault Lines #5: A New Ostpolitik
Europe's centre of gravity is shifting East. The consequences will be profound.
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Ed Brophy
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This is Fault Lines, a newsletter that explores the forces fracturing our world and what they mean for democracy, economics and geopolitics.
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