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Sean T. Byrnes

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  • President Jimmy Carter seated at desk in Oval Office, hands steepled.

    Jimmy Carter Held the Door Open for Neoliberalism

    His unwillingness to take a radical stance forced him to respond to events by imposing austerity and doing little to strengthen labor.
    by Sean T. Byrnes via Jacobin on December 29, 2024
  • Photo contact sheet from Ronald Reagan speech on Nicaragua in 1986.
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    Letting the World Scream

    The U.S., Nicaragua, and the International Court of Justice in the 1980s.
    by Sean T. Byrnes via HNN on November 26, 2024
  • Donald Trump speaks at a rally in July in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

    What’s the Matter With the Democrats?

    Two new books reveal the shortcomings at the heart of the liberal critique of Trump voters.
    by Sean T. Byrnes via Dissent on September 23, 2024
  • U.S. Ambassador Daniel Moynihan discusses violence in the Middle East at the U.N. Security Council
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    Changing Views on Israel Isolating the U.S. at the U.N.

    Americans have been isolated at the U.N. on Israel for a half century — but that used to prompt fierce debate.
    by Sean T. Byrnes via Made By History on January 18, 2024
  • Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signing the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Reduction Treaty in Washington, D.C., in December 1987.

    The Myth of Reagan’s Cold War Toughness Haunts American Foreign Policy

    Hawks may claim that uncompromising defense policies won the Cold War. But his pursuit of peace was more important.
    by Sean T. Byrnes via The New Republic on July 6, 2023
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