HeyJaredThe past is the present, isn't it? It's the future, too
This Substack's title is taken from Eugene O'Neil's "Long Day's Journey into Night; I hope use it to share my "meditations" on contemporary events, influenced as they are by history. world affairs, and мелоч ["small change" or trifles].
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Кто кого?Labels, Agency, and the Puzzle of Hybrid Conflict (opens the original)
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Yesterday, I read Garry Kasparov’s Substack, in which he made many of the same points I have been making for years. I posted my thoughts on the topic and received a lot of positive feedback from like-thinking individuals. Consequently, I am sharing with readers my take on the current crisis.Kasparov on the KremlinRussia Is at War With the West. Don’t Call It ‘Hybrid.’From Georgia to Ukraine to a German airport, it’s war, plain and simple.
“We Will Win Because We Are the Strongest”: A 1939 Poster and Europe’s Present Reckoning with Russia (opens the original)
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It is all a matter of one’s perspective. Indeed, there was a ”phony war,” on the Western Front after September 1, 1941 until Germany invaded France on May 10, 1940. Paris fell on June 14, and France signed an armistice on June 22, 1940, effective June 25—just six weeks after the invasion began. When did the Hybrid War start? And whose side are we on?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!i0i8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F
A Warning From History: The Supreme Court and the Stakes of November 2026 (opens the original)
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When “Debanking” Met “AML”: Capital One, the Trump Organization, and the Fight Over Why 300+ Accounts Were Closed (opens the original)
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The core dispute<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="559" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WXTG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-
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