- Sovereignty and the modern treaty process (pdf) Paul Nadasdy, CSSH
- How states wrest territory from their adversaries (pdf) Dan Altman, ISQ
- Farage’s dangerous appeal Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Decomposing the nation-state (pdf) Murray Rothbard, JLS
Links
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- Libertarians and localism Lauren Hall, RCL
- The emerging world order (pdf) Michael Lee, Survival
- The last jihadi superstar Thomas Hegghammer, War on the Rocks
- A Canadian-American merger? J Dana Stuster, Foreign Policy
Nightcap
- Was liberal imperialism ethical? Kenan Malik, Guardian
- The world is trapped in America’s culture war Helen Lewis, Atlantic
- That was some election! Scott Sumner, Money Illusion
- California’s far Left governor sends his kids to private school Politico
Nightcap
- Time to read (or re-read) Main Street Matt Hanson, LARB
- Science, markets, and iterative knowledge (pdf) Hardwick & Marsh, SIEO
- “Knowledge” at Notes On Liberty
- Main Street in Gopher Prairie (and elsewhere) NOL
Happy Halloween!
Nightcap
- The two Americas (of 1965) Simon Schama, Financial Times
- The two Americas (of 1968) Jon Meacham, NY Times
- Purple America (pdf) Rodden, Ansolabehere, & Snyder, JEP
- What is the cost of pride? Rick Weber, Notes On Liberty
Nightcap
- Parties become popular by taking unpopular stands Scott Sumner, EconLog
- A European who understands America Antonio Garcia-Martinez, Pull Request
- Legal immigration into the United States Jacques Delacroix, NOL
- Birthday parties in the Soviet Union (photos) Nikolay Shevchenko, Russia Beyond
Nightcap
- 5 questions for undecided voters Conor Friedersdorf, Atlantic
- Useful libertarian idiocy Will Wilkinson, Open Society
- Why not randomize judges and juries? Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- Good primer on the Armenian crisis Mark Movsesian, Law & Liberty
Nightcap
- Pagan complacency and the birth of Christian Rome Edward Watts, Aeon
- Lessons about globalisation Kenan Malik, Observer
- Unschooling + math (see comments, too) Bryan Caplan, EconLog
Nightcap
- Fighting famine in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands Ian Buruma, TLS
- The settler logics of (outer) space Deondre Smiles, Society + Space
- The corporate origins of judicial review (pdf) Mary Sarah Bilder, YLJ
- Misremembering the British Empire Maya Jasanoff, New Yorker
Nightcap
- In defense of Cortez and the Conquest of the Aztecs Daniel Rey, Spectator
- Race and empire in Meiji Japan (1868-1912) Ayelet Zohar, A-PJ
- The political legacy of World War I John Moser, Cato Unbound
- How working from home will spur creativity Nick Bilton, Vanity Fair
Nightcap
- Culture wars are economic at their core Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- The anarchy of “blue” cities? Seth Barron, City Journal
- Reclaiming the commons from capitalism Dirk Philipsen, Aeon
- Utah is not a banana republic Scott Sumner, Money Illusion
Nightcap
- Europe and American federalism (pdf) Ernest Young, ASLJ
- “War is cruelty. You cannot refine it.” Francis Sempa, ARB
- A clash of two constitutions John McGinnis, Law & Liberty
- Internet culture, east to west Brett Fujioka, Noema
Nightcap
- Toward an a priori theory of international relations (pdf) Mark Cravelli, JLS
- A fourth way out of the dilemma facing libertarianism (pdf) Laurent Dobuzinskis, C+T
- Taobao, federalism, and the emergence of law, Chinese-style (pdf) Liu & Weingast, MLR
- A road not taken: the foreign policy vision of Robert A. Taft (pdf) Michael Hayes, TIR
Nightcap
- The American Founders’ priceless legacy Myron Magnet, New Criterion
- The gonzo constitutionalism of the American Right Corey Robin, NYRB
- Britain at the end of history Robert Saunders, New Statesman
- Law’s disorder in Nigeria Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos, LMD