Proxy Wars

Episode #133

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil discuss whether the United States has quietly slipped into a proxy war with Russia, reflect on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Accords in Northern Ireland, discuss why U.S. politicians love Ireland so much, and offer our condolences for what the Politics Lab is calling the official death of Twitter.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “An intellectual battle rages: Is the U.S. in a proxy war with Russia?” by Karen DeYoung in The Washington Post

• “Good Friday Agreement is a rare success story of 1990s U.S. diplomacy” by Ishaan Tharoor in The Washington Post

• “Why do American presidents play up their Irishness?” in The Economist

• “Twitter Is Broken. Thanks, Elon.” by Farhad Manjoo in The New York Times

• “Is Twitter finally dying?” by Shirin Ghaffary in Vox

• “What Was Twitter, Anyway?” by Willy Staley in The New York Times

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