#NeoRoyalism begets murder #FT:

"A … possibility is what
… Stacie Goddard and
Abraham Newman have called "neo-
royalism" -- an order "structured by a
small group of hyper elites" where
politics serve "narrow personalist
interests rather than national
obiectives". While those authors focus
on personalised accumulation of money
and power by ruling cliques, nothing
seems more neo-royalist than seeing
war through the prism of the physical
destruction of a rival leader"

https://www.ft.com/content/36b4e6fc-8fb2-4fa3-8621-6fab2950d979

Government for Presidential Profit

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/government-for-presidential-profit/

#neoroyalism

Seems to me to be a pretty good theory to explain #trump

#uspoli #uspolitics

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/economy/trump-history-newroyalism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JlA.HpPU.i0r5H4PSzXJP&smid=url-share

"Many Americans seeking to understand what drives President Donald Trump have looked back to the history of the 19th century, to when the world was carved up into spheres of influence dominated by a handful of “great powers.” But an influential new paper argues that we should cast our eyes further back, beyond the swaggering statesmen of the imperialist era to the age of absolute monarchs if we really want to understand the world Trump is shaping.

Wellesley College’s Stacie Goddard and Georgetown University’s Abraham Newman call this emerging order “neo-royalism,” and describe it as a global system dominated by rivalries between a small group of leaders and allied “hyper-elites,” all looking to gain wealth or status.

In a conversation just days after the Trump administration’s assertion of control over Venezuela and amidst the White House’s saber-rattling over Greenland, Goddard and Newman said the president’s focus on Venezuela and Greenland highlights a growing divergence between the 19th century definition of America’s national interest that many Trump critics accuse him of bringing back, and the reality of how the president is acting globally. It’s a divergence that their theory helps explain."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/01/07/venezuela-royalism-donald-trump-00713276

#USA #Trump #Neoroyalism #Venezuela #Greenland #Imperialism

@jackwilliambell

Thank you for the link. A fresh & intelligent conversation between the interviewer and the two authors, and the framework developed by Goddard and Newman does help in making sense of what is happening. And us making sense of it certainly is urgently needed!

Have read the interview, will take time out to read the article!

#StacyGoddard #AbrahamNewman #Neoroyalism #Trump