1/6 Macron is starting to back the talk with action. Update by Joni Askola

Following election defeat:

- President Yoon 'humbly accepts' the will of the people
- Ruling party leader Han Dong-hoon steps down
- Senior presidential aides including PM and Chief of Staff offer to resign yna.co.kr/view/AKR202404…

So glad not to hear in SK 'It was a rigged election' or the president calling election officials asking them to 'find him' votes. The PPP is accepting the results. Nobody's storming the National Assembly. Jan. 6 in the US spoke to how gullible some became to believe pure crap.

The end of unipolarity harkens a return to geopolitics that we haven't seen since the Cold War. We can't tell the future but we do know what the general character of great-power competition under bipolarity looks like. 🧵

'Trump's Republican Party treats Ukraine as the enemy and Russia as a friend. Defining that stance as isolationist is lazy and wrong. It is actively pro-Russian.' My column on America's moment of truth in Ukraine. ft.com/content/98f37c…

Excerpt from David Hume Kennerly’s resignation letter to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation:

“A key reason Liz's nomination was turned down was your agita about what might happen if the former president is reelected. Some of you raised the specter of being attacked by…

'At today’s summit... a wide range of measures will be announced to “upgrade” the US-Japan alliance. Perhaps one of the most vital and least widely understood of these upgrades is the plan to modernize the alliance’s military command and control (C2)...'

If these exit polls turn out to be accurate this will be a terrible defeat for President Yoon’s Conservative PPP Party and have big implications for his remaining 3 years in office.

-57% of Republicans say it would be a good thing if Trump could exercise power 'without waiting for Congress and the courts.”

-56% say we need a leader willing to break some rules to set things right.

-52% want a prez who can 'rule without too much interference from courts and…

At the White House, Kishida will note that recent events have shown globalization and interdependence alone cannot serve as a guarantor for peace in the world, and that Japan is now ready to act as America's 'global partner.'　(1)
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-… via Nikkei Asia

Since the Lost Causers are all up in arms today (and seemingly every day; bunch of whiners these people), we're going to state categorically, once and for all, that Grant was a better general than Lee. And if you ask serious historians and military commanders, it isn't even all

Two former Ohio Supreme Court justices — one Republican and one Democrat — have joined together to fight for anti-gerrymandering reform that would replace politicians on the state's redistricting commission with a citizen-led commission.

By Susan Tebben

ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/04/09/for…

While Biden is not directly responsible for Johnson's delaying tactics on Ukraine aid, he is indirectly responsible for creating the conditions that Johnson (and behind him Trump) are exploiting. Biden's own policies of limiting aid and drawing out the war have brought us here.1/

Latest satellite images suggest munitions and oil transfers between North Korea and Russia continue.

If the S Korean left wins tomorrow, it really needs to focus on domestic issues and not get lost, yet again, pursuing a fantasy deal with NK.

That wrecked Moon Jae-In’s presidency. SK really needs quality-of-life reformist movement, and the right won’t push those needed changes.

Serbia has sent more aid to Ukraine this month than the US has. Jfc

Erik Loomis It’s absurd & causes stress by emphasizing what is arbitrary & often absurd.I am a retired academic librarian & spent so much time helping students on their citations when that time could’ve been better spent on research & writing.If they ever publish, they’ll have copy editors.

Insightful article rich in detail and background on the upcoming elections in South Korea. 38north.org/2024/03/contem…

Imagine going on the overcrowded, hyper-competitive political science job market with a PhD overseen by Michelle Bachmann. How does this even get accredited?

If Biden decides to explicitly include Sierra Madre on Second Thomas Shoal as covered by US-Philippines alliance, then it’ll be reminiscent of when Obama admin did the same on Senkakus for Japan in 2012. This is what maritime counterclaimants want: clarity.ft.com/content/be5f84…