Stephen Marche

Jan 14, 2025 | tagesspiegel.de | Stephen Marche

Der designierte Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten, der Mann, der kurz davorsteht, Oberbefehlshaber des mächtigsten Militärs zu werden, das die Welt je gesehen hat, spricht von einer Invasion Kanadas. Natürlich spricht er auch von einer Invasion Grönlands und des Panamakanals. Er hat erklärt, dass er nur „wirtschaftliche Gewalt“ gegen Kanada einsetzen will, was auch immer das bedeuten mag – vielleicht Zölle als Stoßtrupp.

Jan 9, 2025 | macleans.ca | Stephen Marche

The president-elect of the United States, the man about to be commander-in-chief of the most powerful military the world has ever known, is talking about invading Canada. Of course, he’s also talking about invading Greenland and the Panama Canal. He has declared that he plans only to use “economic force” against Canada, whatever that might mean—tariffs as shock troops perhaps. Canadians need to get used to this kind of terrifying nonsense.

Jan 9, 2025 | flipboard.com | Stephen Marche

NowCNN — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been detained in Caracas after joining a protest against President Nicolas Maduro, according to her team. Maduro is scheduled to be inaugurated for a third term on Friday, following last year’s contested presidential election. Machado’s …

Jan 7, 2025 | nytimes.com | Stephen Marche

Canadians have a tendency to turn on their prime ministers every 10 years or so. The Harper government fell brutally in 2015, the Liberal government under Paul Martin with similar harshness in 2006. Before that, Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative government lost all but two seats in the 1993 election. Mr. Trudeau's departure is traditional: The way Canadians thank their leaders for their service is by kicking them out the door with the pointiest boots they can find.

Jan 6, 2025 | theatlantic.com | Stephen Marche

Political violence is hardly new to the United States, but over the past two decades the appetite and tolerance for violence in American political life has been growing. The country entered an unprecedented phase in November, when voters returned Donald Trump to the presidency despite his vague promises of revenge and his specific promises of pardons for the January 6 insurrectionists. Terrorists and assassins are emerging from unexpected corners of society.