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WHOEVER'S ON DUTY
Stay In The Room is a political analysis project published on Substack. It looks for the structures underneath the week’s events — the conditions that produce the news rather than the news itself.
WHOEVER’S ON DUTY
Every August, American and South Korean forces run a joint exercise called Ulchi Freedom Shield. This year’s was carrying something extra: a large part of the demonstration Seoul needs to make before wartime command of its own forces transfers back from Washington. Hours before it began, the President ordered it cut roughly in half — because South Korea had declined to help him…
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