Nazism | Watching America

Ukraine: Do US-Russia Talks on Ukraine Mark a Reappearance of Colonial Power Play?

Lalatendu Das - March 13, 2025. Published in The Kyiv Independent

The bilateral format of the U.S.-Russia talks on ending the war in Ukraine challenges the post-imperial world order.

Germany: Trump’s Language Is Paving the Way*

Anna Wright - November 20, 2023. Published in Süddeutsche Zeitung

Trump is already planning the destruction of democratic institutions[.]

Venezuela: Donald Duck against the Nazis

Patricia Simoni - July 3, 2023. Published in Analítica

We’ll have to read Donald Duck again.

U.K.: Kanye West Has Shown Us Exactly Who He Is – and Yet the Public Is Still Listening

Lalatendu Das - December 17, 2022. Published in The Guardian

Despite his antisemitic rants, the rapper now known as Ye is finishing the year as [one of] Spotify UK’s top five most-streamed artists.

Ukraine: Putin Is Losing, Let Him Lose

Lalatendu Das - May 19, 2022. Published in The New Voice of Ukraine

The West has crossed Putin’s red lines - arming Ukraine - but Putin has not escalated that aggressively with NATO.

Taiwan: Russians Can No Longer Stay Silent

Lalatendu Das - May 10, 2022. Published in Taipei Times

During the post-Cold-War period of cordial relations with the West, Russia emphasized the shared victory of the Allied countries.

U.K.: Letting Elon Musk Buy Twitter Would Be Like Handing a Toddler a Loaded Gun

Lalatendu Das - April 27, 2022. Published in Independent

Musk’s online persona is so overwhelmingly bizarre it’s easy to forget that he’s a 50-year-old emerald mine heir.

U.K.: Vladimir Putin Cannot Hope for Any Real Victory in This Reckless War

Lalatendu Das - February 28, 2022. Published in Independent

America is increasing its presence in eastern Europe, not scaling it back.

Canada: The Terrible Price of Comparing Trump to Nazis

Rejeanne Lacroix - October 12, 2020. Published in National Post

Israel: Trump Is No Anti-Semite. Drawing Comparisons with Hitler Is Just Crass

Robin Koerner - October 1, 2020. Published in Jerusalem Post

Don’t compare Trump to Hitler. To do so is as much an over-exaggeration as it is wrong.

Russia: Whose Victory?

Robin Koerner - June 3, 2020. Published in Izvestia

[P]olitically-motivated interpretations of the events that took place in the 1940s have been so widespread that younger generations are unable to look at them objectively.

United Kingdom: For a Clear View of Trumpism, Step Outside the News Cycle

Lalatendu Das - August 13, 2019. Published in The Guardian

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