“With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that it was naive to expect democracy to spread to all corners of the world. The authoritarian turn of recent years reflects the flaws and failings of…
“By most accounts...China’s economic model has not turned toward market liberalism since 2001 but instead consolidated into a form of state capitalism that Beijing hopes to export globally. WTO…
“Reforming the current Republican Party would mean a million grass-roots battles to retake the base. Understandable that people would just prefer to start a new movement...but you could never create…
“Afghanistan presents Joe Biden” with a serious problem. “If he completes the military withdrawal, he will end a seemingly interminable intervention and bring home thousands of troops. But, if he…
“Why is Beijing still going after Hong Kong so hard when the repression generates pushback from much of the world? One explanation is that there is a gap between China’s national interests and the…
The success of ECommerce stars “is evidence of what may be an evolution away from online services as a homogeneous — and largely American-dominated — global blob. And it shows we may now be on the…
“Simply counting the number of women in political office does not provide a full picture of women’s political power...doing so distorts perceptions of progress and reinforces the flawed assumption…
“The United States has, for now, pulled back from the brink...although the current state of the Republican Party is deeply worrying, the party’s next presidential nominee may yet turn out to be a…
“Pompeii may symbolize catastrophe, but its aftermath provides a blueprint for rebuilding” in the context of wealth transfer and relief (Annalee Newitz, 2021).
“During 2020, democracy retreated for the 15th consecutive year, deteriorating in 73 countries and improving in only 28...reversing this decline will require established democracies to play both…
