Category: Politics
What Would an AI Treaty Between Countries Look Like?
The belief that nation-states can strengthen their security by keeping critical, futuristic technology secret was dispelled quickly in the Cold War.
The Professor and the Politician
For Max Weber, only the most heroic figures could generate meaning in the world. Does his theory hold up today?
Is There Really a Plot to Use Migrants to Turn America Blue?
A top GOP talking point of this election is that Democrats are rigging the vote through illegal immigration. Is there any truth to it?
26th Amendment: Drafted Elsewhere, Deliberated by a Select Few, Passed in Supreme Haste
Umair Javed in Dawn: (T)his amendment carries the element of being person-specific, at least in the current moment.
‘Yin,’ ‘Yang’ and the ‘Dao’: “Xi Jinping Thought”
Xi has reversed the pragmatic “learn from practice” approach of Deng Xiaoping’s “reform and opening up”.
How Donald Trump Made Anti-Globalization a Right Wing Calling Card
Twenty-five years ago, fighting globalization was a cause of left-wing anarchists. How did it become a cornerstone of Trumpism?
The Future of Political Science
Impotence Through Relevance? Faustian Bargains, Beyond Impact and the Future of Political Science.
Autocracy, Kleptocracy and the Threat to Democracy
The Dictators Who Want to Run the World provides an incisive exposition and analysis of how autocrats function in the world today…
Noam Chomsky on How America Sanitizes the Horror of Its Wars
Noam Chomsky, the Author of “The Myth of American Idealism” Explores the Origins of America’s Hegemonic Foreign Policy.
Marshall Plans
At September’s UN General Assembly in New York, Brazil’s President Lula described the international financial system as a “Marshall Plan in reverse”
How to Make Lying Unpopular in Politics
Lying matters. It poisons our discourse, breeds cynicism about government, and makes it difficult to have serious conversations…
Indian and Israeli Ethno-Nationalism
Balmurli Natrajan: “Hinduism has many aspects to it that have really nothing to do with Hindutva.”