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4 Mar 2024
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Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The fall of the Soviet Union was not a one-off event but the continuation of the disintegration of the Russian Empire that began in 1917 and was merely arrested by the Bolsheviks. — tap to centre the map on it The fall of the Soviet Union was not a one-off event but the continuation of the disintegration of the Russian Empire that began in 1917 and was merely arrested by the Bolsheviks. Last stated 3 years ago
4 Mar 2024
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Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The post-Cold War order, like the Versailles order before it, was badly structured at its inception and carried the seeds of its own destruction — tap to centre the map on it The post-Cold War order, like the Versailles order before it, was badly structured at its inception and carried the seeds of its own destruction Last stated 2 years ago
5 Dec 2024
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2024-12-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Soviet Union would have collapsed with or without Gorbachev — in a different form, on someone else's watch, at some later date. — tap to centre the map on it The Soviet Union would have collapsed with or without Gorbachev — in a different form, on someone else's watch, at some later date. Last stated 3 years ago
4 Mar 2024
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Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The United States did not bring down the Soviet Union: it did not want the Soviet Union to disintegrate, at the start of the Cold War or in 1991. — tap to centre the map on it The United States did not bring down the Soviet Union: it did not want the Soviet Union to disintegrate, at the start of the Cold War or in 1991. Last stated 3 years ago
4 Mar 2024
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Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Soviet Union fell in good part because of the mobilisation over Chernobyl: the first mass demonstrations in Ukraine were about radiation, not about language or autonomy. — tap to centre the map on it The Soviet Union fell in good part because of the mobilisation over Chernobyl: the first mass demonstrations in Ukraine were about radiation, not about language or autonomy. Last stated 3 years ago
4 Mar 2024
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Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The last nine months have compressed decades of progress into weeks, and this is one of the rare moments a person gets to watch the world change inside their own lifetime. — tap to centre the map on it The last nine months have compressed decades of progress into weeks, and this is one of the rare moments a person gets to watch the world change inside their own lifetime. Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ukraine's vote for independence is what ended the Soviet Union, and Ukraine is exactly as decisive today for anyone wanting to restore Russian control over the post-Soviet space. — tap to centre the map on it Ukraine's vote for independence is what ended the Soviet Union, and Ukraine is exactly as decisive today for anyone wanting to restore Russian control over the post-Soviet space. Last stated 3 years ago
4 Mar 2024
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Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Pentagon's own war games found that no matter how a nuclear war starts, it ends in Armageddon with everyone dead. — tap to centre the map on it The Pentagon's own war games found that no matter how a nuclear war starts, it ends in Armageddon with everyone dead. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2024
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Annie Jacobsen — holds since 2024-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
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Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
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Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
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Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
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Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. — tap to centre the map on it A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. Last stated 2 days ago
5 Sept 2026
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Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
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Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. Last stated 12 months ago
10 Sept 2025
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Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
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The collapse of communism, the end of the Cold War and the end of the Soviet Union were three different processes, and people constantly confuse them.
Holds SP Serhii PlokhyRead this korrent →
The fall of the Soviet Union was not a one-off event but the continuation of the disintegration of the Russian Empire that began in 1917 and was merely arrested by the Bolsheviks.
Holds SP Serhii Plokhy
The post-Cold War order, like the Versailles order before it, was badly structured at its inception and carried the seeds of its own destruction
Holds BM Branko Milanovic
The Soviet Union would have collapsed with or without Gorbachev — in a different form, on someone else's watch, at some later date.
Holds SP Serhii Plokhy
The United States did not bring down the Soviet Union: it did not want the Soviet Union to disintegrate, at the start of the Cold War or in 1991.
Holds SP Serhii Plokhy
The Soviet Union fell in good part because of the mobilisation over Chernobyl: the first mass demonstrations in Ukraine were about radiation, not about language or autonomy.
Holds SP Serhii Plokhy
The last nine months have compressed decades of progress into weeks, and this is one of the rare moments a person gets to watch the world change inside their own lifetime.
Holds
Ukraine's vote for independence is what ended the Soviet Union, and Ukraine is exactly as decisive today for anyone wanting to restore Russian control over the post-Soviet space.
Holds SP Serhii Plokhy
The Pentagon's own war games found that no matter how a nuclear war starts, it ends in Armageddon with everyone dead.
Holds AJ Annie Jacobsen
A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world.
Holds CH Casey HandmerEB Eric Berger
A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation.
Holds KJ Keyu Jin
A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade.
Holds PK Paul Krugman
A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it.
Holds HR Hannah Ritchie
A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms.
Holds EB Eric Berger
A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them.
Holds
A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work.
Holds MH Max Hodak
A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it.
Holds
A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language.
Holds DR David Reich