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Branko Milanovic explores Trump's ideological bricolage.
Does Donald J. Trump have an ideology, and what it is? The first part of the question is redundant: every…
In his monthly column, Alfredo Toro Hardy explains why the risk of nuclear war looks more ominous today than it did during the Cold War.
After the interlude brought over by the…
C. J. Polychroniou explores how Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa plan to counter the unipolar power of the US and Europe.
The recently concluded 2024 BRICS…
Scott L. Montgomery explores what kept Smith and Hamilton up by candlelight, and what its says about America’s contemporary cult(ure) of leadership.
Bad leaders are said…
Scott L. Montgomery on the global ramifications of Trump’s anti-truth serum.
“I have the best words,” Donald Trump has often said. To be sure, it isn’t news that both he and…
Martha Molfetas on petrostates' dual existential crises.
After a long stint of low oil prices, regional conflict in the Middle East is increasing the price of oil to finally…
From the polders of The Hague to the gates of Vienna and across the continent: the mainstreaming of extremism urgently requires a collective, strategic response. East Germany…
In this column, Alfredo Toro Hardy explores the nature of Spanish and Portuguese colonization in America, and the reason why, while Hispanic Americans of today resent that past,…
Markus H.-P. Müller explores the challenge of reconciling the trilemma of efficiency, equity and the environment as we try to move to more sustainable economic models.
Is the…
Branko Milanovic explores what divides and unites East European and Russian elites.
(I will not provide any citation in this article because it is not academic writing.…