Illiberalism isn't just rising — it's spreading (Part I)
A whole cottage industry of punditry has sprung up in the last four years to lament and, occasionally, attempt to explain the global rise of illiberalism. There is broad agreement that, in…
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America Is Ready for Human Security — Is Congress?
On the Senate floor last week, Senator Bernie Sanders posed a timely question about how our nation builds security. Is it through $740 billion per year Pentagon budgets, Sanders wondered, or…
Biology Will Play a Key Role in Our Response to Future Crises
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. How have developing nations responded to COVID-19 and other pandemics?…
When Reform Hasn't Worked: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Last week on Deep Dive, we looked at how efforts at police reform can…
When Reform Hasn't Worked: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. The recent history of police reform in America is not encouraging. Some…
US Hegemony Relies on Dehumanization and White Supremacy
When I began writing this column, Black Hawk helicopters were still circling over Washington, DC, flying low to intimidate and disperse protestors demanding justice for yet another murder of…
The Power of Protest: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. Last week, this column looked at some of the electoral effects of mass…
The Power of Protest: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. As the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek…
When Political Theory Is Wrong
This interview was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. In the last edition of Deep Dive, we started digging into recent…
Reintegrating Combatants Is Harder Than Hanging Up Rifles
This interview was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World. Subscribe here. How do relationships between combatants forged in wartime continue to…