<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[A New Civil War]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aggregator of all articles, videos, and podcasts on the prospect of a new civil war in the United States.]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/vlahos-blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:25:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Is America Becoming Rome Versus Byzantium?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article was originally published in American Greatness, October 13, 2021. To read Michael Vlahos' reply, click here:...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/is-america-becoming-rome-versus-byzantium</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6185fe7eb81ab40017fc0a32</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2021 04:34:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8e1a1f_3e91863dda1e4e07910244035490e777~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_946,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Victor Davis Hanson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the Footsteps of Rome... to the Bitter End]]></title><description><![CDATA[Americans, sadly, often know little of their own history. Yet it is far worse to lack historical imagination altogether. Hence trying,...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/in-the-footsteps-of-rome-to-the-bitter-end</link><guid isPermaLink="false">617f42911444080016131272</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 01:58:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_af17e76628664f5f9f8fa0793b02ec0c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elites “By Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet”]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a time and place where reality itself has nowhere to put down roots, how many of the “serious” words we use now have no definition?...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/elites-by-any-other-name-would-smell-as-sweet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61722fc21745f100175b9758</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 03:34:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_9e915ff404f64bf59efb132beb0a8225~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Ruling Caste on the Edge of Forever?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you heard the news? America’s elite (according to The Atlantic Monthly), the entrenched aristocracy of 9.9%, have created--like all...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/a-ruling-caste-on-the-edge-of-forever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61552a181e40be00162c1ce2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 03:17:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_d1b418778dd24bbaba03a78bc03200bd~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are We Rome?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As if a gathering literary trope in the Forever War, American commentators have come to ask: Are We Rome? You see, this nation has not...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/are-we-rome</link><guid isPermaLink="false">613c2979c6a5260016522f30</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2021 04:03:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_3f9f28bea51547de96b6ae1931006b1b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperial Succession as Imperial Damnation]]></title><description><![CDATA[A republic ensures the transfer of power through constitutional rules. How does an executive-ruled state transfer power? What is its...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/imperial-succession-as-imperial-damnation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61214233e6ebdb0015de4e12</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:56:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_5cb43b0085034120950ebb17b9d5df00~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_960,h_465,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empire — Eternal Suspension of Disbelief  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The essence of empire is self-deception. Imperial metamorphosis imposes a prolonged cognitive dissonance in political consciousness: The...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/empire-eternal-suspension-of-disbelief</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61213a252b04230015dacb6a</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2021 17:59:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_43c06a4c390e40239cfe7c3d2dbaf72a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Does Transitioning From Republic to Empire Tell Us About America's Future?]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This short post is intended to set up a discussion series on the long-term consequences of a transition from an American republican...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/what-does-transitioning-from-republic-to-empire-tell-us-about-america-s-future</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6104714794f17b001547be52</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2021 21:53:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_3495ad9199644b15a3b68ef2e038998f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Fireworks Make Defeat Sweet?The Art of Selling Victory]]></title><description><![CDATA[On April 27, 1749, in Green Park, London, 12,000 Britons were party to an historic happening: A celebration of the peace of...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/can-fireworks-make-defeat-sweet-the-art-of-selling-victory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60eb3dcb0fe84700163ec3db</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2021 19:08:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_7173add20edf4838aaf1ef9b439f5276~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_864,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against the Prospect of Thermidorian Relief: A Less-hopeful counterpoint]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three core questions — each existential and unanswerable — in the Church of Woke are these: Why is the New American Religion so invested...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/against-the-prospect-of-thermidorian-relief-a-less-hopeful-counterpoint</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60cd1e0a9657e90015373a11</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:35:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_c68ddebdbcbd4b9da492affa1acd35b2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_700,h_420,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will A Woke Cicada Spring Make Way For Thermidorian Relief?— A hopeful point —]]></title><description><![CDATA[Originally published at The American Conservative Thermidor was the 11th month of the French revolutionary calendar, falling between the...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/will-a-woke-cicada-spring-make-way-for-thermidorian-relief-a-hopeful-point</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60c00bc87af1740015e0a1eb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 12:00:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_96778b2395094bdfb6c2d74a29b60fc6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church of Woke: Heresy or Sect? The distinction will decide our future]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our American crisis can only be understood within the framework of a religious struggle. It is a war for ownership of the True Faith, and...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/the-church-of-woke-heresy-or-sect-the-distinction-will-decide-our-future</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609918a2a7198a00153629d9</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 11:37:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_7878e59a36944d92b0958031e1f842cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Doom of the Elite feat Michael Vlahos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Vlahos is interviewed by Around The Empire on his latest piece, "The Doom of the Elite: The Rise and Fall of Elites Shapes Our...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/the-doom-of-the-elite-feat-michael-vlahos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">608b74b6b6f90e0058674b2d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 03:17:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8e1a1f_4229a213b1824d37a0deb2e1dcb78db1~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Civil Wars Never Die: Like Zombies They Are Raised By History to Devour Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those who worry over civil war, Spain hovers on the edge of memory: history’s blood-red incandescence now sold as essence of...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/old-civil-wars-never-die-like-zombies-they-are-raised-by-history-to-devour-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">607f6f891216bb005848c5e9</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:33:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_a1640d1ea4264ddd886c91503ecd0ea0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Doom Of The Elite]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rise and fall of elites shapes our history and can be predicted.]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/the-doom-of-the-elite</link><guid isPermaLink="false">606df254ff5a8d00150b435f</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:13:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8e1a1f_493ecfe1b7964998ad4fb0cf8324de88~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[There Will Be Blood: Beware the Ides of March!]]></title><description><![CDATA[His immortal cry of betrayal echoes today from 2065 years ago: "And you, too, Brutus!" The long knives that felled Caesar finally...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/there-will-be-blood-beware-the-ides-of-march</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60500353e6a5500057871d5c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:09:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_38f8c265bbf54265bb736234fc667adc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[RV Nomads Today, Red Guard Tomorrow]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is exactly when disparate groups share an oppressor and feel truly threatened, that they mobilize. This is when real insurgency begins.]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/rv-nomads-today-red-guard-tomorrow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6043db380b6a220015ec5124</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Opinion ]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 03:40:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8e1a1f_01d8de310fc948a68a2ac283d7026e23~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Civil War Moves to a New Stage]]></title><description><![CDATA[In military strategy it is important not to confuse silence with stability. Below the surface, new and very unstable dynamics may be brewing]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/our-civil-war-moves-to-a-new-stage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603e3fe5833cbe00159f6e8c</guid><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Opinion ]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:27:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8e1a1f_ee22e9a1ce0543e192a434179bcd4136~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show Trial: Bellows of Civil War]]></title><description><![CDATA[Show trials are convened as a form of religious ceremony to secure the sacred symbols of power and legitimacy in politics.]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/show-trial-bellows-of-civil-war</link><guid isPermaLink="false">602bdad1ec163b001708bebd</guid><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Opinion ]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:05:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8e1a1f_0ce847935757455185966a675f71913c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_620,h_375,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civil War Histories’ Direct Message to Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week’s post — Civil War History Shows Us What We Don’t Want to Know — described a topology: Can many different civil wars through...]]></description><link>https://anewcivilwar.wixsite.com/mysite/post/civil-war-histories-direct-message-to-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">601dee37216b4c0017ea9d4b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 01:46:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ed6c7f_a6f818861a2e407da3efeece73d5136e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Michael Vlahos</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>