#Venezuela: The Precedents

And #America: The Future

Timothy #Snyder Jan 04, 2026

Each of these examples ... provides a useful perspective: that American #imperialism is a tradition; that removing ... someone does not lead to predictable results; that dispensing with international law is not only wrong but undesirable; that foreign military actions can be about domestic regime change.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/venezuela-the-precedents

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How wars are won

Part one of a conversation with Prof Phillips O'Brien

Timothy #Snyder and Phillips P. OBrien Dec 20, 2025

I had a wide-ranging conversation with the distinguished historian of war Philipps O’Brien, who has been an important voice on the Russo-Ukrainian war. ... Please watch and share! Part two coming tomorrow.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/how-wars-are-won

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#Ambulances for #Ukraine

Finishing the Job, 1/3

Timothy #Snyder Dec 18, 2025

This fall we have been working together to deliver automobiles with drone-jamming equipment to the second corps of the Ukrainian National Guard, known as #Khartiia.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/ambulances-for-ukraine

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Enemy Aliens and (Freudian) Displacement

One way to think about billionaires and borders

Timothy #Snyder Dec 16, 2025

A short piece today about a big subject: how should we interpret the utterances of tech #billionaires (and their allies and clients) regarding the threat of #migrants to Western civilization?

https://snyder.substack.com/p/enemy-aliens-and-freudian-displacement

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What a terrible thing it is

Mass shootings as regime change

Timothy #Snyder Dec 15, 2025

Mass shootings serve as advertisements for the gun industry. The #NRA, the gun industry lobby, portrays mass killing as a reason why more people should own guns.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/what-a-terrible-thing-it-is

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#Constitution #SecondAmendment #SupremeCourt
#ruleofblood #ruleoflaw
#anarchy #tyranny #democracy

O Generous One!

Christmas Carols, 2/2

Timothy #Snyder Dec 14, 2025

During and after the First World War, Ukraine was one of the most violent places in the world. Its rich land was contested by multiple armies.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous-one

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#UkrainianSong #WWI
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The inhuman #assault on #Christmas

On Christmas Carols, 1/2

Timothy #Snyder Dec 13, 2025

The art lives until it is killed. What, in this case, is killing the song? Killing Christmas? Killing civilization? It is a set of algorithms that we flatteringly call #AI, or artificial intelligence.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-inhuman-assault-on-christmas

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#winterwonderland

Land War or Self-Terrorism?

Trump's Likely Next Step

Timothy #Snyder Dec 07, 2025

In certain ways, the autumn of 2025 in the United States has recalled the autumn of #1938 in #Nazi #Germany.
...
#Hitler allowed Goebbels to plan a nationwide #pogrom: #Kristallnacht.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/self-terrorism

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Ukrainian History Global Initiative

The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction

Timothy #Snyder Dec 06, 2025

This endeavor recalls some of the great encyclopedic ambitions of past centuries -- while bringing to bear the technological advances of our own.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-history-global-initiative

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