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Trump has stated that military action against Iran is an option if diplomatic efforts to reach a nuclear deal fail. He mentioned that Israel would take a leading role in any such military actions, although the U.S. would maintain its autonomy in decision-making..#Empire..#Israel..#Iran..

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“nobody wins in a US-China trade war but the US working class will lose...a lot”

by Deaglan O’Mulrooney in the spectator on Substack

“The question isn't whether the US can 'win' a trade war with China’—it's whether the American system can survive one at all. My bet? China endures while America's social fabric tears further apart”

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the spectacle · nobody wins in a US-China trade war but the US working class will lose...a lot.By Deaglan O'Mulrooney
#Press#US#China
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“Collapsing Empire: The Delusion of US Air Power”

by Kit Klarenberg in Global Delinquents on Substack

“Once the US has exhausted itself yet again failing to crush AnsarAllah, we could see more of its arsenal in play - and in turn, another historic defeat of the Empire, as inflicted over the course of Operation Prosperity Guardian”

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Global Delinquents · Collapsing Empire: The Delusion of US Air PowerBy Kit Klarenberg
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Economist editor Minton Beddoes:"I think we've crossed some kind of a Rubicon in the last week or so, and we're not going to go back to the world as it was before.. People, I think, are increasingly looking at the U.S. not as the shining city on the hill, a place which we all aspired to and certainly held in very high regard, but increasingly, it's a sort of bullying, swaggering, selfish, transactional country.".#Empire..#tariffs..

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🔴 **Triumph and Betrayal: Assyria's Path to Empire, 935-745 BC**

“_This book re-examines the historical question of Assyria’s expansion, presenting a novel reconstruction of the early Neo-Assyrian period with the latest data (including new Assyrian kings), detailed regional studies synthesising the newest historical and archaeological findings, and interpretative essays outlining new historical factors._”

Edmonds, A. 2025. Triumph and Betrayal: Assyria’s Path to Empire, 935–745 BC. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. doi.org/10.1515/9783111593715.

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De GruyterTriumph and BetrayalWhile the study of Assyria as ‘the world’s first empire’ has never been more popular, the events of the foundational early Neo-Assyrian period (935–745 BC) remain only poorly understood and explained. This book re-examines the historical question of Assyria’s expansion, presenting a novel reconstruction of the early Neo-Assyrian period with the latest data (including new Assyrian kings), detailed regional studies synthesising the newest historical and archaeological findings, and interpretative essays outlining new historical factors. The resultant history is unprecedentedly complex, containing newly discovered succession conflicts, difficult compromises with neighbouring powers, local dynasties appointed to Assyrian governorships, self-serving high officials, and sudden reverses in policy. In place of circular structuralist arguments for the Neo-Assyrian expansion, it presents a new model emphasising internal political conflict, and competing visions for Assyria’s future. This book is intended for historians and archaeologists of Assyria, for whom it will provide a new basis for research, and also for scholars of neighbouring disciplines and laypersons interested in what happens to an ancient state before it becomes an empire.
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