Obama, Houellebecq, and modernity Christopher Caldwell, Commentary Meet the “reocons” (“reactionary conservatives”) Laura Field, Open Society The vigorous foreign policy debate on the Right Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic On the liberal world order’s resiliency Duedney & Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs
The Arabs: divided by a common language Patrick Ryan, Commonweal The Committee to Implement Annexation Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists ABC News (US) reporting on secession in “Cascadia” Ivan Periera, ABC The grim reality of the cruel seas Claude Berube, War on the Rocks
The disturbing paintings of Werner Büttner Kate Brown, artnews Muslims, Brazilians, and religion in Europe Gina Lende, Africa is a Country Australia can’t compete in Asia. Here’s why. Henry Storey, Diplomat Clemens von Metternich’s cosmopolitanism Ferdinand Mount, TLS
Artists for hire: the forgotten masters of the British East India Company Peter Parker (wait, what?), Literary Review Lenin, capitalists, rope Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion Barriers to cognitive diversity Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling How the Saudi-Iran rivalry has unravelled the Middle East Toby Matthiesen, Financial Times
The end of history and the Last Map Nick Danforth, Foreign Policy The end of the nation-state? Parag Khanna, New York Times Reading colonialism in Parasite Ju-Hyun Park, Tropics of Meta A beautiful bit of small world mojo Rick Weber, NOL
The Year of the Rabbit (Khmer Rouge) Farah Abdessamad, ARB Pride and Prejudice at Harvard Mark Helprin, Claremont Review of Books The rise of commercial empires PC Emmer, Reviews in History Quantum SETI Caleb Scharf, Scientific American
Excellent analysis of Trump’s impeachment and acquittal Greg Weiner, Law & Liberty Chinese encounters with the rest of the world Henrietta Harrison, TLS “Moctezuma’s empire has fallen, but so too has the Spanish.” Ben Ehrenreich, Guardian Boundary conditions for emergent complexity Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
Why were there so many Germans in Russia? Georgy Manaev, RB Did they miss the French Revolution? Edward Dougherty, Asia Times Culture and institutions Alesina & Guiliano, JEL Ireland’s nationalist turn Yasmeen Serhan, the Atlantic
Inclined to putrefaction (surviving the plague) Erin Maglaque, LRB Is Trump the low point of conservatism? Rachel Lu, the Week Friends like these… Jon Baskin, the Point On commercial density and cheap rent Addison del Mastro, TAC
Singapore’s quarrel over colonialism Stephen Dziedzic, Interpreter Extreme economies: failure Joakim Book, NOL A victory over Sweden’s colonialism? Carl & Laiti, Al Jazeera The wrong models of democratic socialism Jacques Delacroix, NOL
Great philosophers are bad philosophers Michael Huemer, Fake Nous Great philosophers as architects Kevin Vallier, Reconciled On being wrong, but with style Jason Brennan, Bleeding Heart Libertarians On incompatibilities and inconsistencies Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
Texas sues California Josh Blackman, Volokh Conspiracy Explainable governance Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias Possessed by the past Noah Millman, Modern Age The problem of consumerism Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
Uncaptive minds Garcia & Tismaneanu, American Interest Cold War exiles Sheila Fitzpatrick, London Review of Books Roving revolutionaries Houri Berberian, Aeon After the Berlin Wall Sabine Beppler-Spahl, spiked!
Magna Carta for the world? Daniel Hulsebosch, NC Law Review Restoring the global judiciary Jeremy Rabkin, Law & Liberty The costs of Poland’s resistance Richard Overy, History Today Towards indigenous-settler federalism Dylan Lino, Public Law Review
The perils of sacrificing sovereignty to gain sovereignty Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists State capacity libertarianism and the Chinese model Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion A thought experiment in distributed government Rick Weber, Notes On Liberty Trapped in Iran Nicolas Pelham, 1843
