The World While America Sleeps

OK, the title is a little dramatic, but I wanted to build off of comments I made in my last podcast as well a theme I’ve been developing this summer in my newsletter: The American news media is so caught up in the drama of the upcoming presidential election that it is not serving the American people well in keeping readers abreast of what else is happening in the world.  To illustrate that point, I’m going to run you through the Council of Foreign Relations’ Global Conflict Tracker, and I’ll put a link to it in the show notes if you’d like to follow along. Or you can just open up Google maps, or a good old fashioned paper atlas if such a one still graces your bookshelf.  Just a reminder Get a weekly dose of analysis on world events by signing up for my Substack newsletter.  Subscribe to Tim Talks Politics ⁠⁠ on Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ today and get 30% off for being a loyal listener!