Category: Politics
How Colonial History Explains Why Strong Institutions Are Vital to a Country’s Prosperity
“The economists’ “groundbreaking research” has given us a “much deeper understanding of the root causes of why countries fail or succeed.”
Global Mobility, Bordered Realities, and Ethnocultural Contact Zones
Borders no longer are mere fixed invisible divisions set under geopolitical rationales whose main objective is defining national territorialities.
Who Is the Ex-Israeli Soldier Serving as Biden’s Lebanon Envoy?
Since Oct. 7 of last year, his role has shifted from ostensibly being focused on energy to outwardly concerned with armed conflict.
Why America Fell For Guns
The US today has extraordinary levels of gun ownership. But to see this as a venerable tradition is to misread history.
Capitalism, Mass Anger and the 2024 Elections
Western capitalism is no longer the world’s colonial master. The American empire that succeeded the European empires has now followed them into decline.
United States of Algorithms: The Case For Artificially Intelligent Government
Danny Crichton in City Journal: Digital quantification determines Americans’ quality of life. Algorithms select job…
The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality
Capital in the Twenty-First Century became a surprise bestseller, and inequality became a signature concern of the new century.
The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor
Rutland was a British naval hero in the First World War, worked for the Japanese Navy in the years between the wars…
A Dated Conspiracy Theory Rises Again
by Jeroen van Baar at 3 Quarks Daily: In the chart-topping podcast The Rest is…
Vote for Leaders Who Will Prioritize the Environment
Jane Goodall is encouraging voters in elections around the world this year to consider candidates who prioritize the environment.
What Does it Mean When Politicians Autograph Bombs?
by Santiago Ramos at The Wisdom of Crowds: Both sides do it. On Sunday, the…
Ammar Ali Jan on Why ‘Pakistani State Has Fallen Into an Unprecedented Crisis of Legitimacy’
“the fissures in the judiciary, military and the media, are reflective of larger breakdown of structures that once sustained the ruling dispensation.”