- The United States needs a new foreign policy (federation not considered) William Burns, Atlantic
- The elusiveness of a liberal world order (federation not considered) Patrick Porter, War on the Rocks
- How autocrats use sovereignty in the Westphalian system Lisa Gaufman, Duck of Minerva
- A reflection on information and complex social orders Federico Sosa Valle, NOL
Author: Brandon Christensen
Nightcap
- Immigration, identities, and the state of exception Mila Dragojević, Disorder of Things
- Great piece on Himalayan geopolitics Akhilesh Pillalamarri, Diplomat
- Orders of civilization Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
- Hey Rawls: Which Original Position? Jason Brennan, 200-Proof Liberals
Nightcap
- A great primer on Derrida’s “deconstruction” David Gunkel, MIT Press Review
- Is feudalism going to make a comeback? Adam Wakeling, Quillette
- Yet another reason why libertarians should embrace federation as a foreign policy War on the Rocks
- Hunter-gatherers in outer space Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
Nightcap
- A calibrated campaign of genocide in China Kapil Komireddi, Critic
- The art of dissent (under Soviet communism) James Le Sueur, LARB
- Is citizenship just a rent? Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- Local citizenship Michelangelo Landgrave, NOL
Nightcap
- Where is the Panchen Lama? Han & Yang, American Interest
- Why is China expansionist and India pacifist? Raghav Bahl, Quint
- Sovereignty in the Himalayas Akhilesh Pillalamarri, Diplomat
- Silicon Valley’s war against the media? Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker
Nightcap
- A personal survey of nationalisms John Kampfner, Guardian
- Tyler Cowen on the Harper’s free speech letter Michael Young, Policy of Truth
- A great example of the old way to think about reparations Pierre Lemieux, EconLog
- Soviet ideology and the reindeer at the end of the world Bathsheba Demuth, Emergence
Nightcap
- Israel’s annexation plans and the United States Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- Opium: from vice to crime in European empires Diana Kim, Aeon
- An interview with John Stuart Mill Jason Brennan, 200-Proof Liberals
- Is the left reclaiming freedom and anti-statism from the right? Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
Nightcap
- The Harpers free speech letter and controversy Tyler Cowen, MR
- The Religious Roots of a New Progressive Era Ross Douthat, NYT
- America, China, and the Dark Forest Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg
- Don’t confuse reality with science fiction Scott Sumner, MoneyIllusion
Nightcap
- On being black in Europe Chris Bertram, Crooked Timber
- Prudence, protests, and pandemics Greg Weiner, National Affairs
- Cambodia’s first national health service? Joanna Wolfarth, History Today
- Between German culture and Nazi culture Moritz Föllmer, OUPblog
From the Comments: Nationalism, conspiracy theories
Isn’t nationalism itself a sort of conspiracy theory?
This is from longtime reader (and honored guest) Jack Curtis.
Nightcap
- Unbundling the police in Venice Beach Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
- Violent protest and harmful intent Fernando R. Tesón, 200-Proof Liberals
- Israeli annexation, Palestinian resistance Tareq Baconi, NY Review of Books
- Statues are not history; rather, its opposite Simon Schama, Financial Times
Nightcap
- Toward scientific civilization Nick Nielsen, Grand Strategy Annex
- We colonize the sun first Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- What it means to me to be an American Ken White, Popehat
- Nationalist conspiracies Siniša Malešević, Disorder of Things
Nightcap
- The American Parade Jacques Delacroix, NOL
- The Rabbit Outbreak Susan Orlean, New Yorker
- Why Gregory Bateson Matters Ted Gioia, LARB
- America Since the Sixties Timothy Crimmins, AA
Nightcap
- One nation’s heroes are another’s war criminals (statues) Clare Mulley, Spectator
- Unraveling the mindset of victimhood Scott Kaufman, Scientific American
- The rage machine comes to St. Louis Jerry Taylor, Niskanen Center
- Morals, politics, and evolutionary drift Federico Sosa Valle, NOL
Nightcap
- Annexation as a policy issue is here to stay Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- Ashoka’s moral empire Sonam Kachru, Aeon
- Against damnation (is hell Christian?) Michael Robbins, Bookforum
- Lockdown among Stamford Hill’s Haredi community Toby Lichtig, TLS
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