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The End of Liberal Diplomacy
“While Joe Biden is right to reject many aspects of Donald Trump’s toxic presidency, he should avoid throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Only by recognizing the weaknesses of liberal diplomatic norms can the Biden administration advance the innovative, effective diplomacy the world so desperately needs” (Ben-Ami, 2021).
What is the link between economic crises and political ruptures?
“When do economic crises have destabilising political effects?...The question seems pertinent again, given the economic and social trauma caused by the covid-19 pandemic” (The Economist, 2021).
Giving Up On Humanity, And Finding Ourselves
“When we ask the question, “What are humans?,” it is not just a matter of definition, but a matter of value...when we ask what it is to be human, we implicitly mean “What are these great humans, and what is it exactly that makes us so great?”...it assumes superiority” (Charlotte Sleigh, 2021).
Digital Democracy: Accelerating A New Field Of Knowledge
"The report identified key central considerations for researchers, allies and potential new entrants... These include the urgent need to ensure data access for researchers as well as the desire among scholars in the Knight Research Network to expand and diversify the network to preserve and grow the integrity and reputation of this emerging field" (Wihbey, 2021).
Why stop at selling? A provocation for mission-led businesses
This article focuses on the benefits of “mission-led business” and how it can build a more equitable and sustainable economy. (Holtaway, 2021).
France Knows How This Ends
This article compares contemporary politics in the U.S. to the Dreyfus affairs and explains that the deep problem is that “so many in Trump’s mob—like so many of his supporters in general—remain comfortably ensconced in the mansion of lies their champion has built” (James McAuley, 2021).
Rotten to the Core?
“The process of deterioration has continued at a startling pace and on a scale that was hard to anticipate back then, culminating in developments such as the January 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol—an act of insurrection encouraged by the president of the United States” (Francis Fukuyama, 2021).
What's Wrong with the Way We Work
“Americans work more hours than their counterparts in peer nations, including France and Germany, and many work more than fifty hours a week. Real wages declined for the rank and file in the nineteen-seventies, as did the percentage of Americans who belong to unions, which may be a related development” (Jill Lepore, 2021).
The Youthful Movement That Made Martin Luther King Jr.
“In this moment made so dark by white nationalism and truth denial, Americans should look to the country’s legacy of young leaders with forward-thinking wisdom” (Rich Benjamin, 2021).
Political theorists have been worrying about mob rule for 2,000 years
“The invasion of America’s Capitol by mobs of President Donald Trump’s supporters on January 6th was a reminder of the danger of playing with fire...it is doubly naive to expect that mobs will set limits; it is in their nature to run out of control” (The Economist, 2021).
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