Stephen Holmes
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The People Not Worth Replacing by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/P9wuAaU?refe...
The People Not Worth Replacing
Stephen Holmes sees a critical difference between otherwise similar political reactions to immigration and data centers.
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September 14, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The People Not Worth Replacing by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/P9wuAaU?refe...
The AI Curse by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/WXvakzy?refe...
The AI Curse
Stephen Holmes worries that, like in many resource-rich states, the technology could make citizens redundant.
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August 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The AI Curse by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/WXvakzy?refe...
Putting American Science on a MAGA Leash by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/kNNEEit?refe...
Putting American Science on a MAGA Leash
Stephen Holmes sees a new proposed rule politicizing research grants as part and parcel of a broader war on the future.
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June 4, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Putting American Science on a MAGA Leash by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/kNNEEit?refe...
The Tech-MAGA Breakup Is Coming by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/jqpjM8d?refe...
The Tech-MAGA Breakup Is Coming
Stephen Holmes thinks the deepest fissure opening up in Donald Trump’s political base runs through the US electrical grid.
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June 1, 2026 at 3:05 AM
The Tech-MAGA Breakup Is Coming by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/jqpjM8d?refe...
Why Trump Sued Himself by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/YOdgD5B?refe...
Why Trump Sued Himself
Stephen Holmes sees the “settlement”—a new “Anti-Weaponization Fund”—not as corruption but as a public performance of impunity.
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May 20, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Why Trump Sued Himself by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/YOdgD5B?refe...
Russians Go Home by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/VlffZup?refe...
Russians Go Home
Stephen Holmes points out that the process of democratic renewal in Hungary has only just begun.
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April 14, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Russians Go Home by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/VlffZup?refe...
Can Hungary Reverse Course? by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/lwPbA3r
Can Hungary Reverse Course?
Stephen Holmes warns that the system Viktor Orbán has created means that losing an election may not mean relinquishing power.
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April 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Can Hungary Reverse Course? by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/lwPbA3r
Why America, Not Iran, Has a Succession Problem by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/tHkLGXO?refe...
Why America, Not Iran, Has a Succession Problem
Stephen Holmes says that while regime decapitation won't work in Iran, the US increasingly resembles a country where it could.
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April 1, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Why America, Not Iran, Has a Succession Problem by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/tHkLGXO?refe...
Where Have All the Allies Gone? by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/Bg22aB6?refe...
Where Have All the Allies Gone?
Stephen Holmes thinks Donald Trump will draw the wrong lesson from countries' reluctance to help clear the Strait of Hormuz.
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March 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Where Have All the Allies Gone? by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/Bg22aB6?refe...
The Gulf Is Becoming Uninsurable by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/SMJT9Ej
The Gulf Is Becoming Uninsurable
Stephen Holmes shows how Iran is exploiting its adversaries’ specific vulnerability – their reputation for stability.
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March 23, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The Gulf Is Becoming Uninsurable by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/SMJT9Ej
Trump Is Spending Tomorrow’s Security Today by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/60aReq5?refe...
Trump Is Spending Tomorrow’s Security Today
Stephen Holmes explains why the US pressed ahead with the war on Iran despite warnings of depleted weapons stores.
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March 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Trump Is Spending Tomorrow’s Security Today by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/60aReq5?refe...
A Deal With Iran Requires an Iran that Can Make One by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/xzksjCT?refe...
A Deal With Iran Requires an Iran that Can Make One
Stephen Holmes says that America needs Iran to be weak enough to accede to its demands yet coherent enough to implement them.
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March 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
A Deal With Iran Requires an Iran that Can Make One by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/xzksjCT?refe...
Rubio’s Silk-Stocking Diplomacy by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/oxKZJf6
Rubio’s Silk-Stocking Diplomacy
Stephen Holmes homes in on the sugar-coated racism in the US secretary of state’s speech at the Munich Security Conference.
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February 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Rubio’s Silk-Stocking Diplomacy by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/oxKZJf6
MAGA’s Death Wish by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/jpWhLXO
MAGA’s Death Wish
Stephen Holmes attributes the urge for destruction animating Donald Trump's supporters to the fury of frustrated nostalgia.
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February 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
MAGA’s Death Wish by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/jpWhLXO
Why Trump Let Nuclear Arms Control Die by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/ZluSCWa?refe...
Why Trump Let Nuclear Arms Control Die
Stephen Holmes argues that a man who has always lived for the moment can’t be expected to behave otherwise as US president.
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February 15, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Why Trump Let Nuclear Arms Control Die by Stephen Holmes @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/ZluSCWa?refe...
