<![CDATA[Restoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Samizdat]]>https://www.restoringthewest.com/s/samizdathttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9OM1!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F373aeda6-5015-4a65-9584-1b2c9c1e3701_1080x1080.pngRestoring the West by Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Samizdathttps://www.restoringthewest.com/s/samizdatSubstackSun, 10 May 2026 19:30:38 GMT<![CDATA[Samizdat #1: The Betrayal of the Rules-Based Order]]>https://www.restoringthewest.com/p/samizdat-1-the-betrayal-of-the-ruleshttps://www.restoringthewest.com/p/samizdat-1-the-betrayal-of-the-rulesSun, 10 May 2026 17:00:05 GMTWe're delighted to bring you the first edition of Restoring the West: Samizdat. "The Betrayal of the Rules-Based Order" is an unsparing account of the failures of the post-WWII international order as embodied in the United Nations. Our pseudonymous author, John Raskin, argues that the veto power undermined the U.N.’s promises of collective security from the start. As a result, no major power is ever meaningfully constrained, which has had predictable results: lesser powers have banded together to form political blocs, and vulnerable states have been hung out to dry.

The U.N. purports to be a collaborative and neutral peacekeeper when it is anything but. Raskin focuses on Israel as the paradigmatic case of the U.N.’s failures, and argues that the rules-based international order has served to provide a disinterested cover for powers that only act to protect the vulnerable when doing so aligns with their own self-interest.

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]]><![CDATA[CONFIDENTIAL: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Launches Restoring the West Samizdat ]]>https://www.restoringthewest.com/p/confidential-ayaan-hirsi-ali-launcheshttps://www.restoringthewest.com/p/confidential-ayaan-hirsi-ali-launchesSun, 12 Apr 2026 18:59:34 GMTTHE ANNOUNCEMENT:

There are ideas and lines of inquiry that conventional publishing channels no longer handle well. Some are too controversial, unfashionable, or dangerous to the reigning orthodoxies of our age. Others simply require more seriousness and courage than the current climate tends to reward.

That is why we are launching Restoring the West Samizdat.

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