The Cosmopolitan Globalist
Edited by essayist Claire Berlinski, this is Substack's top forum for the discussion of international news among readers and writers, around the world, who are concerned about the future of liberal democracy and the gathering storm of global war.
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The World is Asleep. The Lab is Open. (opens the original)
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Dan is back in New York. He tells me that returning to a sports bar feels like slipping right back into a life he left thirty years ago. The Eagles are playing. Nobody wants to talk politics. He’s had meetings with some people who style themselves as conservatives there, he tells me. “The William F. Buckley kind.” He says they’re furious about Trump’s tariffs, the way he treats our allies, and the way he’s screwed up the war in Iran, and the incessant lying. But they still don’t regret voting fo
POLYCRISIS WATCH, SEPTEMBER 24-28 (opens the original)
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‼️ Two Important Announcements ‼️ (opens the original)
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Hi everyone! But especially, a big cheery hello to our new paid subscribers. We’re so glad you’ve decided to join us—the few, the proud, the paid subscribers to the Cosmopolitan Globalist and Ask Questions Later, which, if you recently subscribed, you now get as a bonus. Subscribe nowHave you seen everything you can now enjoy? I actually made a little video a while ago to introduce you to everything you get now that you’re a subscriber. I never got a
A GUIDE TO OUR ARCHIVES (opens the original)
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POLYCRISIS WATCH (opens the original)
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The House always wins—until it doesn’tThe yield on the 10-year US Treasury note is on course to rise for a seventh consecutive month, according to Piper Sandler—a streak matched only once in the past 50 years. Read more
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