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2 weeks ago | 
thenation.com | Daniel Bessner |Derek Davison
Daniel Bessner Daniel Bessner is an historian of US foreign relations, and cohost of American Prestige, a podcast on international affairs. Derek Davison Derek Davison is a writer and analyst specializing in international affairs and US foreign policy. He is the publisher of the Foreign Exchanges newsletter, cohost of the American Prestige podcast, and former editor of LobeLog.
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2 months ago | 
thenation.com | Daniel Bessner |Derek Davison
Ad Policy Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a residential building destroyed following a drone attack in Kharkiv, on April 4, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sergey Bobok / AFP / Getty Images)On this episode of American Prestige, we welcome to the show Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation, for a wide-ranging discussion on this moment in politics.
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2 months ago | 
vientosur.info | Daniel Bessner
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El segundo mandato autoritario de Donald Trump ha llevado a algunos críticos a calificarlo de fascista en la estela de Adolf Hitler. Sin embargo, la política reaccionaria de Trump es muy autóctona, y el camino para derrotarlo pasa por la reforma de las instituciones antidemocráticas de este país.
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2 months ago | 
jacobin.com | Daniel Bessner
Though in its early days, the second Trump administration has proved to be significantly more radical than the first. A president who, in his initial term, lacked the wherewithal and the administrative expertise to use the power of his office to transform US politics now seems able and eager to fulfill the darkest fantasies of his critics.
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2 months ago | 
thenation.com | Daniel Bessner |Derek Davison
Ad Policy On this episode of American Prestige, we’re joined by Chicago-based historian and writer Charlotte Rosen about the end of so-called “Resistance history,” a particular strain of liberal historiography that emerged during the first Trump administration.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
jacobin.com | Daniel Bessner
Interview by John-Baptiste Oduor Last week, Vice President J. D. Vance gave a speech to a shocked audience at the Munich Security Conference attacking liberal internationalism and defending a host of far-right parties across Europe. While his claims about the suppression of free speech across the continent, which focused almost exclusively on the far right and ignored attacks on pro-Palestine protests and left-wing parties, were cynical and disingenuous, he managed to strike a nerve.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
thenation.com | Daniel Bessner |Derek Davison
Ad Policy The flags of all EU member states fly outside the European Parliament building in Brussels, Belgium, on November 20, 2024.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
thesgnl.com | Daniel Bessner |Gustav Jönsson
Ever since the beginning of Donald Trump’s first presidency, many Americans have worried that he might try to become a tyrant. Those worries have of course been stoked by things Trump has actually said and done: He’s threatened to imprison his political opponents; he’s vowed to purge the federal government of “disloyal” bureaucrats; and he led a concerted, if ineffective, effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
jacobin.com | Daniel Bessner
Interview by John-Baptiste Oduor Just hours ago, news emerged of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. The announcement was preceded by a post from incoming president Donald Trump, who wrote in all caps on Truth Social that “WE HAVE A DEAL FOR THE HOSTAGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
thenation.com | Daniel Bessner |Derek Davison
Can we count on you?
In the coming election, the fate of our democracy and fundamental civil rights are on the ballot. The conservative architects of Project 2025 are scheming to institutionalize Donald Trump’s authoritarian vision across all levels of government if he should win.
We’ve already seen events that fill us with both dread and cautious optimism—throughout it all, The Nation has been a bulwark against misinformation and an advocate for bold, principled perspectives.
