Category: Politics
Fighting the Far Right in India
Sarah Thankam Mathews at Lux converses with Raghu Karnad on the Hindu nationalist right and the trial of Arundhati Roy.
Weaponizing Aid
Palestinians are “aid dependent” as the term goes, and the politicization of that fact is not a new phenomenon.
Europe Can’t ‘Trump-Proof’ Itself
European foreign policy experts are reviving ideas about strategic autonomy from 2016. They fail to understand how much has changed in the last eight years.
Machiavelli and the Emergence of the Private Study
Andrew Hui tracks the rise of the private study by revisiting the bibliographic imaginations of Machiavelli…
The Culture Wars Today: Peter York On a Politics of Mass Deception
Culture wars are being waged globally, and they reflect an intractable divide in society. Is…
Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?
It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.
A Triumph Greater Than 2016. It Wasn’t a Fluke.
Mark Krotov at n+1: Trump is America’s choice. No one, I think, is more responsible for this week’s result than Joe Biden.
India’s Ongoing Subjugation of Kashmir Holds Portentous Lessons About the Nature of Contemporary Colonialism
Hafsa Kanjwali in Aeon: India is a postcolonial power. Its rule in Kashmir is colonial.
The Next US President Sits at the Edge of Chaos
Four tremendous forces — AI, the energy transition, climate change and geopolitics — will accelerate over the next president’s term.
Countries Where Democracy is in Trouble Share a Common Pattern, and it’s a Worrying One for the U.S.
Democracy is best understood as a game, one in which the players pursue power and resolve conflicts through elections rather than brute force.
A Note From Mohib Shah – On the New World Order
Roman empire lasted for a 1000 years, Ottoman 600 years, British 400 years. American empire is now about 150 years old…
Why Kamala Harris Lost
In an unfortunate echo of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016, Harris spent far too much time trying to argue that Trump was unfit for the presidency.