Author Archives: Michael Wehle

Far from destroying the legacies of Yeltsin’s neoliberal restructuring, Putin in many crucial ways preserved and extended them. There are, to be sure, differences between the style and temperament of the two leaders, but there has been no fundamental change … Continue reading →

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos: For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the rules-based international order. We join its institutions, we praised its principles, we benefited from its predictability. And … Continue reading →

Guardian: France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, called on fellow leaders to activate the EU’s powerful anti-coercion instrument – commonly known as the “big bazooka” – if Trump went ahead with his tariff threats, French media reported, citing his team. After the … Continue reading →

In January 2026 this is how Americans allow their president to be seen in the world.

Leaving capitalization, grammar, sophomoric partisan language and blatant dishonesty aside, what strikes one about the message here is the closing sentence. “Retribution” seems something quite different from “deportations”.

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