Today’s podcast guest is Dimitris Eleas, a political scientist, writer, and independent researcher. His work explores the role of personality in the social-historical, philosophy, global politics, antisemitism, and modern history, with a particular focus on the Holocaust.
In this episode, we discuss the repercussions of the October 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s retaliation, the rise of antisemitism, and the Israel-Iran war.
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Dimitris Eleas is a New York City–based political scientist, writer, and independent researcher. His work explores the role of personality in the social-historical, philosophy, global politics, antisemitism, and modern history, with a particular focus on the Holocaust.
He has written a plethora of articles, and his writing has appeared several times in the letters sections of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
Dimitris Eleas supports the democratic ideals of Israel and the Jewish people. He believes in civil liberties, and that all people deserve a decent income, quality food, clean water and air, and equal human rights. He strongly opposes wars, because in the end it is always the poor, their children, and the workers who pay the price of every war.
He has published several books in Athens, and is the author of the novel-essay When Shakespeare Was Lost, 1585–1592, published in 2025 by Govostis Publishers (Est. 1926).
He is currently developing his long-term project, the novel-essay The Black Birds of Warsaw.
Any political future that denies either Israelis or Palestinians their fundamental dignity and rights violate this principle at its core. A just and lasting peace, therefore, is not simply a matter of political expediency; it is a moral necessity. At the end of all wars, all ideologies, and all illusions, one truth remains immovable: neither people will disappear, and neither can secure freedom at the expense of the other’s humanity. The land they share does not yield to force, nor does history bend to power. It waits, unforgiving and unchanged, for recognition, demanding truth, mutual justice, reciprocal dignity, and a conscious choice for peace. That land has absorbed enough blood to prove what force cannot resolve. Without recognition and political courage, both sides risk losing not only territory, but the moral and human future they still struggle to preserve.
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In my recent podcast with Lulzim Peci, principal founder and Executive Director of the Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development and former Ambassador of Kosovo in Stockholm, we discussed the upcoming election in the country - the third in 18 months - and what the results may be. Listen to this and more from my latest episode, available now. Link in bio.
Today’s podcast guest is Lulzim Peci, principal founder and Executive Director of the Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development (KIPRED), and a member of the Board of the Council of Kosovo Ambassadors.
In this episode, we discuss political instability in Kosovo, particularly as the country is set to return to the polls for the third time in less than 18 months. We discuss what led to the series of elections and what we may be able to expect out of this upcoming election, as well as how this impacts Kosovo’s ongoing efforts toward EU candidacy.
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Mr. Lulzim Peci holds a PhD in Political Science from the South East European University in North Macedonia, an M.A. in International Relations from the University Institute Ortega y Gasset in Spain, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Prishtina in Kosovo. He is the principal founder and Executive Director of the Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development (KIPRED), and a member of the Board of the Council of Kosovo Ambassadors (CKA).
In the past, Mr. Peci served as Ambassador of Kosovo in Stockholm (2009-2013). He also was Chair of the Board of the Kosovo Foundation for Open Society (2019 – 2023), Member of the Board of the Kosovo American Education Fund (2021 – 2023), Member of the Board of the American University in Kosovo (2007 – 2009), Executive Director of the Kosovar Civil Society Foundation (1999 – 2003), and as a Researcher at the Kosovo Center for International Studies (KCIS)/Foreign Policy Team of the late Kosovo’s President, Dr. Ibrahim Rugova (1995-1998). Mr. Peci’s research interests primarily focus on foreign and security policies, inter-ethnic relations, and political parties.
There seems to be no object, institution, or symbol Donald Trump does not want stamped with his name. From grand infrastructure fantasies like a new arch and ballroom, to the Kennedy Center, Penn Station, Dulles Airport, and even a proposed $250 bill bearing his face, the impulse is the same: relentless self glorification. This is not leadership; it is branding masquerading as public service. Policies and projects become mere vehicles for personal marketing, often pursued through executive fiat or backroom pressure rather than durable legislation. History will not remember this as greatness. It will record a presidency consumed by self promotion, indifferent to consequence, and corrosive to the dignity of public office. What remains is not legacy, but spectacle—and a diminished image of the presidency of the United States before the world.
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Just show us his name on a tombstone 🪦
This is a presidency defined by failure—domestic and international. At home, inflation has strained working families, while immigration policies have inflicted suffering without delivering meaningful reform or economic benefit. Abroad, his confrontation with Iran has produced no strategic gains: no regime change, no curtailment of enriched uranium, no stability. Instead, it has heightened tensions and deepened uncertainty. He has alienated Gulf partners through reckless escalation, disregarding the regional consequences of conflict, and relations with traditional allies have deteriorated to levels unseen in decades. This erosion of trust carries long-term costs for American leadership. Rather than governing with purpose, Trump has been consumed by self-interest and personal gain. The instinct for corruption has eclipsed any commitment to public service, leaving behind a weakened nation and squandered opportunity.
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A weak America would be an unarmed America. A strong America consists of very, very well armed citizens.
Weakened by democrats! Vote RED
Nearly 50,000 Americans are killed each year by firearms—most in homicides—while civilians possess an estimated 400 million guns. This is not an unfortunate anomaly; it is a sustained national failure. Behind every statistic is a shattered family, a parent burying a child, a spouse left in irreversible grief, and communities living in quiet terror. The pervasive sense of insecurity is itself a form of collective trauma. Yet despite the scale of this crisis, the Republican Party continues to obstruct even the most basic measures—universal background checks, safe storage laws, limits on weapons designed for mass killing. This paralysis is not neutrality; it is complicity. No civilized society requires an arsenal of this magnitude to ensure safety. The refusal to act is a moral abdication. The question is no longer whether reform is necessary, but how many more must die before cowardice yields to responsibility.
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And at least 10 times that number at a minimum are saved from using firearms defensively.
What other Constitutional rights do you wish to infringe.
Alon Ben-Meir breakdown the actual stats
Sane people don't irrationally blame inanimate objects for the choices humans make.
Guns DO protect people! Especially when the court system releases violent offenders back into the community instead of putting them away.
The 2nd amendment comes to mind especially the shall not be infringed portion.
Sorry, I will keep the gun to protect me and my family. Especially in these times.
100% correct the Republicans are fighting to keep the Constitution intact. Shall not be infringed. Not sure where you are buying your guns, but I have to pass a background check for every firearm I purchase.
Start by blaming the person not the object.
Everytime I read these posts I just see R Lee Eremy grabbing his "gun"
Yes, I too blame the inanimate object for humanities poor self control issues. Its easier that way rather than expecting people to be held accountable for their own actions.
I want to be able to defend myself...I will keep mine
There are more defensive uses of firearms every year, so one way to look at it is more lives are save by guns than are taken
Cool story comb-over. Now discuss demographics.
2/3 are self-inflicted, the other 1/3 ignore laws.
60% of gun deaths are suicide and 37% are homicide — including the 1% of mass shootings. The remaining 3% of gun deaths include law enforcement involved shootings, unintentional shootings, and those that were undetermined.
Just curious, does that mean we should ban vehicles since so many people die in car accidents?
And at least double or triple that amount are saved
Laws don't end, where feelings begin
Wanna look into the places and demographics that are responsible for those numbers?
Which laws prevent criminals from doing gun related crime?
Protect People NOT Cars…
How do you presume to protect said people
How many of those are self inflicted and how many of those are a result of self defense
Now break it down by gun related events
Trump’s relationship with Netanyahu has descended into raw, public contempt. In their latest call, Trump reportedly screamed at him, calling him “crazy” and demanding he shelve plans for major strikes on Beirut, terrified that another escalation in Lebanon will blow up what remains of his faltering Iran gambit. Netanyahu, for his part, has continued to pound southern Lebanon, signaling that he will not relinquish his strategy of perpetual brinkmanship, whatever the cost to Lebanese civilians or Israel’s standing. What has changed is that Trump now appears to hold Netanyahu personally responsible for dragging him into a disastrous confrontation with Iran—and, by extension, for Trump’s own political embarrassment. In truth, they deserve one another: twin architects of calamity, one in Washington and one in Jerusalem.
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IRAN WAR: (Netanyahu and Trump phone call) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MAN AND A BOY… Biden told Putin not to invade Ukraine, and when he did, Biden froze all of Russia’s money and imposed sanctions on Russia. Will Trump have the guts to do the same to Netanyahu for invading Lebanon? What did Netanyahu say to Trump on the phone? Boy, I got the original copy of the Epstein Files. I will put you, your family, and half of the billionaires in your country in jail! Trump, you are my trained monkey on a leash doing whatever I tell you. Netanyahu showed the world that he runs America, not Trump. Trump is a total weakling who is too weak to stand up for our country. He is a shame to all Americans. When Trump tells you that satisfying Israel by spending our tax dollars on Israel's war instead of healthcare for the American people. We know that Netanyahu controls him, and he does whatever Netanyahu wants. Gregory Mundy (I LOVE GOD, but sometimes I wonder if God loves me?)
Rich entitlement always someone else's fault
Trump can't stop Israel from protecting herself from terrorism
Rubbish post.
Awwww … bubby tired of being Bibi’s bitch? What’s it like when YOU get suckered?
It's all set up false flags fake news media propaganda lies upon lies propaganda upon Propaganda betrayal upon betrayal backstabbing upon backstabbing to get support for impeachment and win midterm
