22+ hour, 1+ min ago  (227+ words) Francis Fukuyama's 1990s end-of-history thesis was the last big narrative that united the liberal-democratic West. Western liberal-democratic welfare-state capitalism, he argued, was the best possible social system. The only remaining question was empirical: Precisely when and how would other parts of…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (286+ words) Carr're's argument is newly relevant now that we are marking the tenth anniversary of the Brexit referendum, when a slim majority of voters in the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union. To understand how that outcome came about,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (464+ words) Thiel's Antichrist could also arrive in the form of a "one-world" government. As one Jesuit theologian observed, Thiel's vision is fundamentally political, and his "practical conclusion is brutal": any attempt to regulate AI, engage in international governance, or limit technological…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (347+ words) As everyone knows, the war in the Middle East has caused a sharp spike in oil, gas, and food prices, creating severe economic hardship worldwide, and especially in developing countries. But less well understood is the war's effect on government…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (381+ words) On his recent visit to India, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio predictably touted India as one of America's "most important strategic partners," citing the two countries' shared values, "people-to-people ties," and strategic alignment on "all of the key issues…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (223+ words) Europe today faces an increasingly hostile geopolitical landscape, yet the European Union is struggling to unite its member states around a shared political project. Security, competitiveness, migration, and democratic values have all been invoked as grounds for deeper integration. None…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (457+ words) The pattern extends beyond financial markets. Trump has repeatedly threatened to "take" Iran's oil and target key oil-export infrastructure, including facilities on Kharg Island, underscoring how deeply material interests are embedded in his strategic calculus. Trade policy has likewise become…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (584+ words) Maps are never neutral. They are instruments of knowledge, yes, but also of power, ideology, and often manipulation. Nowhere is this more evident than in the depiction of Africa. For centuries, the Mercator projection'still ubiquitous in classrooms, media, and digital…...

1+ mon, 9+ hour ago  (440+ words) This strategic suicide can be difficult to admit: one still hopes that Trump's misadventures are based on some understanding of the American national interest. They are not. At a minimum, a superpower must be a modern state that includes, through…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (855+ words) The lead-up to US President Donald Trump's two-day summit with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, reflected the prevailing assumption within his administration that China can be treated as another rising power willing to negotiate pragmatic deals with the incumbent global…...