Author Archive for: Peterr
I'm a Lutheran pastor with a bachelors degree in math and economics to go with a masters and Ph.D. in religion. Like Marcy and others here at Emptywheel, I've got a lot of experience in the close reading of various texts, whether religious texts, legal opinions, political speeches, or governmental regulations. Years ago, before it was a dirty word, I was an intern at the State Department. While my career path took me into the ministry rather than the Foreign Service, I continue to follow the ins and outs of international affairs. For several years, I also regularly blogged at Firedoglake on religion and politics, foreign affairs, and just about anything else that caught my attention, and am delighted to return to blogging here at Emptywheel.
Untrustworthy
How Do You Want Your Family to Remember You?
Voiding International Agreements Can Have Awkward Consequences
When Even the German Far-Right Thinks You’ve Gone Too Far . . .
No One Could Have Anticipated, Venezuelan Edition
The Inaugural Donald J. Trump Awards
Other Nations are Updating their Threat Assessments, Too
Denmark updated their annual threat assessment, and there’s a new name on their list of threats and challenges. I’ll give you 3 chances to guess who it is.
Hint: one Danish academic analyst uses the analogy of a “painful divorce,” saying this country is no longer “an eternal, reliable ally.”
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