The Disorder Podcast October Newsletter with a Focus on the Israel-Hamas War

These are undeniably dark days and as fear, anger, grief, and devastation fill our screens, this latest in a series of crises is yet more evidence that our international system is in freefall. The brutality and horror unleashed in southwestern Israel on October the 7th know few parallels in modern history. It was only able to come about due to a disordered international system and the incompetence and divisiveness of neopopulist leaders.

Let us not forget that conflicts continue in Myanmar, Sudan and Ukraine, while Libya reels from a biblical flood. But instead of devising sensible long-term policy, some politicians are pointing fingers to gain political points while hostile states and extremists flood an ever-more unregulated cyberspace with fake videos, inauthentic accounts, conspiracy theories and hate speech, fomenting polarization and fear across the West. Where is the discussion of sensible gamechanging ways to get out of this disorder through international collaboration…? Read Here.