Category: World
Is it Democratic to Disqualify a Popular Candidate From the Ballot?
Benjamin A. Schupmann at the Oxford University Press Blog: That a popular candidate could be…
Israel-Iran Conflict: High Chances of War
Did Iran destroy Israel’s largest Air Base? Big confession by Israel? Some talking points on…
The New World (Dis)order
Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a…
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nukes?
by Ashutosh Jogalekar: As the saying goes, if you believe only fascists guard borders, then…
Climate Politics & Capitalism: Is the World Enough?
Will Glovinsky at Public Books: It was 1968, and the “battle to feed all of…
What the World Would Look Like After WW3
An insane video (3.3m views) imagines what the world would look like after the next…
Never Underestimate the Nation-State
Irshad Salim, Karachi: Decades back, after reading the book ‘Why Nations Fail’, my first take…
NATO Without America
Can Europeans shore up their collective defense and security by creating an independent, strongly coordinated…
‘Think Tanks are a Groupthink Community Called The Blob’
The Ideas Letter: In an infamous profile several years back, Obama national security advisor Ben…
The Anxious Generation
A social psychologist and a Professor discuss the end of the play-based childhood and the…
Why Do Authoritarians Win?
Not by repudiating democracy but by simulating it, a new book argues. William E. Scheuerman…
Free Speech Is Under Attack in the U.S., But It’s on the Ropes Elsewhere
“Even open democracies have implemented restrictive measures” If you think free speech is under attack…