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Read this korrent: The right question about the Cold War is not what we did wrong but what we did so right that seventy years passed without a world war.
The right question about the Cold War is not what we did wrong but what we did so right that seventy years passed without a world war.
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 is a historical rarity: after 1945 it could have taken the whole world without losing a soldier, and instead it rebuilt the countries it had defeated. — tap to centre the map on it
The United States is a historical rarity: after 1945 it could have taken the whole world without losing a soldier, and instead it rebuilt the countries it had defeated.
Last stated 3 years ago
9 Nov 2023
EM
Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Ukraine should have kept its nuclear weapons in 1993, and keeping them would have made this war far less likely. — tap to centre the map on it
Ukraine should have kept its nuclear weapons in 1993, and keeping them would have made this war far less likely.
Last stated 3 years ago
17 Nov 2023
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John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Be careful wishing for a world with no war at all, because what would be required to enforce it might be worse than a little war. — tap to centre the map on it
Be careful wishing for a world with no war at all, because what would be required to enforce it might be worse than a little war.
Last stated 3 years ago
9 Nov 2023
EM
Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed — tap to centre the map on it
Technological progress did not slow down from 1970 to the present, compared with its pre-1970 speed
Last stated 7 years ago
19 Nov 2019
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Scott Alexander — holds since 2014-01-01 — tap for who they are
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Scott Alexander — no longer holds since 2019-11-19 — 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: 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting. — tap to centre the map on it
'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting.
Last stated 11 months ago
10 Oct 2025
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Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2025-10-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. — tap to centre the map on it
A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A military that disconnects its orders from the law and from legal advice has no limit on what it will do when commanded. — tap to centre the map on it
A military that disconnects its orders from the law and from legal advice has no limit on what it will do when commanded.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
27 Aug 2026
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Scott Greenfield — holds since 2026-08-27 — 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
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