First They Came for the Tourists …

Thomas Knapp: “In order to comply with the January 2025 Executive Order 14161 (Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats),” US Customs and Border Protection informed the public in a December 10 Federal Register entry, “CBP is adding social media as a mandatory data element for an ESTA application.” … Continue reading First They Came for the Tourists … → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Why The C5 Would Be A Pragmatic Format For Managing The Global Systemic Transition

Voice of East: Why The C5 Would Be A Pragmatic Format For Managing The Global Systemic Transition By Andrew Korybko Regular consultations between the US, China, Russia, India, and Japan on the emerging world order would help jointly manage issues as they arise and... Read More › - Voice of East


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Regime Change: Adam Smith Talks One Game and Spends on Another

Thomas Knapp: “[T]here is no way on earth we should be going to war or trying to do regime change in Venezuela,” US Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) told The Hill on December 4. The US, says Smith, “should be out of the regime-change business.” So,  did Smith still think that on December 9, when US military aircraft overflew the … Continue reading Regime Change: Adam Smith Talks One Game and Spends on Another → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Is Washington Officially Burying The Postwar Transatlantic Alliance?

Voice of East: Is Washington Officially Burying The Postwar Transatlantic Alliance? By Uriel Araujo A senior ECFR fellow warns that Washington has just buried the post-war West, while waging a scathing ideological assault on Europe’s internal failures. The “alliance” however has long had a... Read More › - Voice of East


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X Marks the Spot: It’s Time for Social Media Platform Sovereignty

Thomas Knapp: On December 5, European Union regulators levied a $140 million fine on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) for —  according to Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy —  “deceiving users with blue check marks, obscuring information on ads and shutting out researchers.” Elon Musk, … Continue reading X Marks the Spot: It’s Time for Social Media Platform Sovereignty → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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What Could The Contours Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact Look Like?

Voice of East: What Could The Contours Of A NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact Look Like? By Andrew Korybko Awareness of the threats that NATO poses along these three fronts and the division of labour between the top five states therein – Finland, Sweden, Poland, Romania,... Read More › - Voice of East


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West, Saudi Arabia Revive IMEC to Counter China, But Can It Deliver?

Voice of East: West, Saudi Arabia Revive IMEC to Counter China, But Can It Deliver? By Uriel Araujo Revived during the Saudi Crown Prince’s visit to Washington, the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor promises to reroute global trade away from the Suez and from China.... Read More › - Voice of East


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Black Friday Despite? No, Black Friday Because.

Thomas Knapp: Americans, the Associated Press reports, spent a record $11.8 billion online on “Black Friday” (the day after Thanksgiving) this year … and another record, $6.4 billion on Thanksgiving itself. Physical in-store traffic for Black Friday also ticked up versus the previous week, although shopping for deals has strongly moved online in recent years. What caught … Continue reading Black Friday Despite? No, Black Friday Because. → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Trump’s F-35 Gamble: Saudi-Israeli Normalization As The Key To IMEC’s Return

Voice of East: Trump’s F-35 Gamble: Saudi-Israeli Normalization As The Key To IMEC’s Return By Andrew Korybko This could make it easier for Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel even in the absence of Palestinian independence and thus restore the political viability of... Read More › - Voice of East


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No Virtue in “Cyberselfish”-ness

Thomas Knapp: “Some of those who believe tech lost its way are finding explanations in a book published a quarter century ago,” according to David Streitfeld’s full-page profile of Cyberselfish author Paulina Borsook in The New York Times (“A Book That Criticized Silicon Valley Gets Dusted Off,” November 30). To those who recall the turn-of-the-millennium Internet, Borsook’s is the … Continue reading No Virtue in “Cyberselfish”-ness → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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