What Caught My Eye (no. 4)

Some interesting articles and podcasts that caught my eye this week

Here’s this week’s edition of articles that I thought worth reading and sharing. Don’t hesitate to recommend your own reads; I may include some as well.

• Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From an American, January 24, 2025. America’s most prolific historian recounts the America that emerged from World War 2 — starting with the famous defiance of the German demand to surrender after the Battle of the.

• Max Boot, Why McKinley makes an alarming Trump presidential role model, Washington Post, January 26, 2025. A senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Post columnist reminds us why President McKinley isn’t the role model Trump should follow.

• Howard French, What China Got Right About Big Tech, Foreign Policy, January 24, 2025. The Foreign Policy columnist explains what Trump could learn from Xi about the dangers of business tycoons to the political system.

• Stephen Morris, AI leaders clash over safety and $100bn Stargate project, Financial Times, January 25, 2025. At Davos, AI leaders debate how to address the dangers of general artificial intelligence while securing its many benefits.

• Robinson Meyer, Trump Has Now Made His Energy Project Clear, New York Times, January 24, 2025. An opinion contributor to the Times explains how the many contradictions of Trump’s energy policy add up to an attempt to make the fossils fuels market as big as possible.

• Martin Sandbu, Europe should stop panicking and seize the opportunities Trump offers, January 26, 2025. The FT’s economic commentator explains why Europe need not fear Trump but seize the opportunity to become more competitive, more secure, and more independent that Trump offers.

Finally, in case you missed it here are links to articles I wrote, interviews I did, and a synopsis of my weekly podcast on world news.

• Trump’s NSC is Off to a Shaky Start, January 27, 2025.

• (with James M. Lindsay), The Price of Trump’s Power Politics, Foreign Affairs, January 30, 2025.

• World Review: Trump’s World-The Return of Great Power Politics, January 31, 2025.

• EU Confidential Podcast, Your guide to Trump’s Europe envoys, January 31, 2025.

Happy reading and listening!