Johnson and Trump spring from the same breeding ground of middle-class, anti-globalist rage (politically, that is; personally both men come from wealthy families). They are brothers in demagoguery who have expediently kicked aside old-style conservatism and replaced it with a virulent brand of neonationalism
Max Fisher on the Trump foreign policy - 1 views
Boris and Donald's Wrecking Ball - Foreign Policy - 0 views
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like so many demagogues before them, Trump and Johnson are making reckless promises they can’t keep
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Both men are adept at conjuring the illusion that they can somehow take their countries backward in time—to restore them to their former glory, the theory goes—while the rest of the world meekly goes along with them. In fact, the rest of the world is doing nothing of the sort: It has already moved on, forging its own trade deals without the United States and Britain
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In Mexico, Cross-Border Fight Over Water Erupts - The New York Times - 0 views
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longstanding tensions over water between the United States and Mexico that have recently exploded into violence, pitting Mexican farmers against their own president and the global superpower next door
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rising temperatures and long droughts have made the shared rivers along the border more valuable than ever, intensifying the stakes for both nations
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Along the arid border region, water rights are governed by a decades-old treaty that compels the United States and Mexico to share the flows of the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers, with each side sending water to the other. Mexico has fallen far behind on its obligations to the United States and is now facing a deadline to deliver the water this month.
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