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Alfredo Toro Hardy explores Trump’s foreign policy record to discern what a second term may entail.
In 2001 George W. Bush’s and his neoconservatives arrived in…
Scott Montgomery with a call to remember history and its nuance.
Protests that have roiled many university campuses in the U.S. are now beginning to wind down. Rivers of…
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the…
Branko Milanovic unpicks the motives of those cracking down on campus protests.
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students…
Martha Molfetas argues that a just transition will require a solid plastics treaty.
Plastic Treaty meetings in Ottawa, Canada wrapped up with little fanfare and an agreement…
In the first two linked posts, Alfredo Toro Hardy analyses why Trump’s chaotic first term could look steady and composed compared to what comes in his second. In his next column,…
Branko Milanovic explores secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations.
Vladislav M. Zubok’s splendid “Collapse” is a chronicle of the break-up of the Soviet Union. It…
Branko Milanovic on the logical fallacies rich countries indulge when ignoring the connections between poverty and climate change.
The Industrial Revolution in North-Western…
Martha Molfetas argues that governments continue to pick up the bill for the fossil fuel industry's destructive greed.
It’s not new news, fossil interests continue to stymie…
Alfredo Toro Hardy analyses where Latin America belongs.
In his seminal book The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel P. Huntington makes a distinction…