Superpower Vacuum June 24, 2026June 23, 2026 Superpower Vacuum—and the Broligarchs’ Plan to Fill It If someone told you in 2016 that within a decade, Russia would lose a war to Ukraine and the United States would lose a war to Iran, you would have likely thought them insane. Nevertheless . . . Putin’s dream of a Russian Empire stretching from the Pacific Ocean to Germany seems far less likely at this point than Putin being brought down by his own hubris. And the long project of America’s far-right to destroy “globalism,” continuing with Trump’s dismantling of U.S. soft power, has left us isolated, weak, and vulnerable. If nature abhors a vacuum, and the superpowers that took up so much space in the geopolitical order are shrinking, who will fill this yawning chasm? Well, the broligarchs have a plan . . . And I’m guessing you will not like it. On a brighter note: Take heart. The tide is turning. When we rise up in protest, we win. Listen to Monday’s Maddow.