The Free-Speech Debate Is a Trap
Andrea Long Chu in New York Magazine: Last week, I was meant to deliver a talk at the 92nd Street Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center. That talk, along with the entire
Fragmenting Global Order: Build Geopolitical Resilience
A world connected and fragmenting “Geopolitical risk is at the top…the global order today is experiencing cross-cutting forces. On the one hand, according to McKinsey Global Institute research…, the ties
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The Future of the Welfare State as Collective Insurance Against Uninsurable Risks
Renewal Editors’ note:Analysis of the welfare state tends to assume that welfare-related institutions andpractices develop along a well-trodden path, whereby shocks from outside mayinterrupt, but not alter, a given developmental
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Arundhati Roy: On Palestinians, these are the languages of head of States, not of ordinary people (Video)
Arundhati Roy calls the siege of Gaza “a crime against humanity.” In a video address to the Munich Literature Festival yesterday, the human rights activist and Booker Prize-winning author of
A Communist Life
Alberto Toscano in Sidecar: ‘The free person thinks least of all of death, and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life.’ Toni Negri, who died in Paris
Indian Muslims And Rising Hindu Nationalism (Video)
Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy: The discussions by Dr Jaffrelot on rising Hindu Nationalism in India with the resultant increasing discrimination against the Indian Muslim population, both in
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English still rules the world, but that’s not necessarily OK. Is it time to curb its power?
Michele Gazzola in The Guardian: The emergence of English as the predominant (though not exclusive) international language is seen by many as a positive phenomenon with several practical advantages and
If Europe Could Do It, So Can the Middle East
Anne-Marie Slaughter at Project Syndicate: In 1951, just six years after World War II, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany signed the Treaty of Paris, establishing the
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Legitimacy in Upcoming Polls Cannot be Ensured if One Party is Excluded From the Democratic Process
DAWN EDITORIAl EXCERPT: “…Meanwhile, the migratory tribe of ‘electables’ is also present in the contest, offering their services to those believed to have the blessings of the powers that be.
The Supreme Court Must Unanimously Strike Down Trump’s Ballot Removal
Lawrence Lessig at Slate: Donald Trump is an astoundingly dangerous candidate for president. He is a pathological liar, with clear authoritarian instincts. Were he elected to a second term, the
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War and Peace in Gaza (Video)
A ‘videotorial’ (an editorial opinion, view using existing videos, images, data, etc.) ~curated by Irshad Salim:
Selling Citizenship
Marco D’Eramo in Sidecar: Aux armes, citoyens! So begins the refrain of ‘La Marseillaise’, adopted as the French national anthem by the Revolutionary Convention of 1795. No longer serfs, nor subjects,