Category: Politics
Does Hasina’s Exit Mark the End of Bangladesh’s Political Dynasties?
For the moment, there may be an opportunity for Bangladesh to have fresh voices and faces in politics emerging from the student movement.
Galileo and the Pope
Arifa Noor at Dawn: As a journalist who has been slogging at it for decades, the talent and creativity of those who are using social media never ceases to amaze me.
Tejas Parasher on M.N. Roy and Parliamentary Democracy in Modern India
From the Journal of the History of Ideas: Tejas Parasher is Assistant Professor of Political…
200 Days and Still No Justice for Hind Rajab
It’s now been more than 200 days since Israeli forces killed 6-year-old Hind Rajab, her family members, and the medics sent to save her.
What Populism Is—And Isn’t
Populism, the rule of many, and authoritarianism, the rule of one, might seem like antipoles. But they are intimately related. Wherever populism appears, so do various forms of…
“Bangla Spring”
Just as the Arab Spring soon became what Harvard Law School’s Noah Feldman called an Arab Winter, Bangladesh’s democratic renewal could be smothered in its crib.
Managing the Sino-American AI Race
Central to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was a rivalry to develop the technologies of the future.
British Historian Richard J. Evans on Today’s Authoritarian Leaders, and His New Book, Hitler’s People
Historian Richard J. Evans discusses his new book with Jim Kelly, explaining why top Nazis came from the middle class, whether a new Hitler is possible, and his love for Babylon Berlin
The Battle Over Institutions: A Challenge to Democracy’s Infrastructure
At its heart, this crisis is about trust. As the political scientist Francis Fukuyama has argued, “Belief in the corruptibility of all institutions leads to the dead end of universal distrust.
Yes, You Do Have to Tolerate the Intolerant
It has become fashionable to invoke Karl Popper’s “paradox of tolerance” to justify restrictions on free speech. That’s just plain wrong…
How Russia Trains its Deep Undercover Spies
Moscow’s elite ‘illegal’ sleeper agents pose as foreigners and live under false identities known as ‘legends,’ often for decades
‘Nobody Knows What I Know’: How a Loyal RSS Member Abandoned Hindu Nationalism
Rahul Bhatia in The Guardian: Running a finger over a row of books in a…