- 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
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Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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!
Nightcap
- 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
Nightcap
- 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
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