Cities in Central and Eastern Europe are becoming promoters of democratic values, even when central governments are acting otherwise. The impact of the coronavirus on democracy has…… Read more “Standing Up to Goliath | The German Marshall Fund of the United States”
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The Day After: Navigating a Post-Pandemic World – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Navigating the post-pandemic international landscape will pose an enormous challenge for decisionmakers in boardrooms and situation rooms alike. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has convened its…… Read more “The Day After: Navigating a Post-Pandemic World – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace”
Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah: How do daily habits lead to political violence? | TED Talk
What drives someone to commit politically motivated violence? The unsettling answer lies in daily habits. Behavioral historian Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah shares startling insights into how seemingly mundane…… Read more “Christiane-Marie Abu Sarah: How do daily habits lead to political violence? | TED Talk”
An ‘alliance of democracies’ sounds good. It won’t solve the world’s problems. – The Washington Post
In theory, an alliance of democracies can expand freedom around the world and cooperate on solutions to some of the most challenging global and regional problems. Cobbling…… Read more “An ‘alliance of democracies’ sounds good. It won’t solve the world’s problems. – The Washington Post”
A Field Guide to U.S.-India Trade Tensions | Council on Foreign Relations
Trade between the United States and India has grown steadily ever since India’s economy began to take off in the mid-1990s and its information technology sector shot…… Read more “A Field Guide to U.S.-India Trade Tensions | Council on Foreign Relations”
Putin’s Constitutional Tsarism | by Anastasia Edel | The New York Review of Books
… if history offers any lessons, this attempt at greatness will last no longer than the false covenants and official statues every autocracy erects, for they fail…… Read more “Putin’s Constitutional Tsarism | by Anastasia Edel | The New York Review of Books”
Wilson Center Digital Archive
The Digital Archive contains once-secret documents from governments all across the globe, uncovering new sources and providing fresh insights into the history of international relations and diplomacy.…… Read more “Wilson Center Digital Archive”
Media Literacy & Fake News: A Syllabus | JSTOR Daily
In some ways, the entire mission of JSTOR Daily is about media literacy. Our goal is to provide scholarly context to the news using the methodical thinking…… Read more “Media Literacy & Fake News: A Syllabus | JSTOR Daily”
Francis Fukuyama on the Pandemic and Political Order
Over the years to come, the pandemic could lead to the United States’ relative decline, the continued erosion of the liberal international order, and a resurgence of…… Read more “Francis Fukuyama on the Pandemic and Political Order”
Matt Zwolinski | A moral case for Universal Basic Income | The Critic Magazine
Precisely how large a UBI should be, who exactly should be eligible to receive it, and how it should be financed and distributed are, of course, important…… Read more “Matt Zwolinski | A moral case for Universal Basic Income | The Critic Magazine”
