- The Great Firewall of China, as cyber-sovereignty John Lanchester, London Review of Books
- The lost art of exiting a war Adam Wunische, War on the Rocks
- The Eastern Jesus Ian Johnson, New York Review of Books
- China’s first permanent president Johnathan Chatwin, Asian Review of Books
Links
Nightcap
- Charlemagne Chris Wickham, History Today
- Populism Simon Schama, Financial Times
- Harold Bloom (1930-2019) Flesch & Roth, n+1
- German supermarkets Rachel Lu, the Week
Nightcap
- The empty seat on a crowded Japanese train Baye McNeil, Japan Times
- Interstellar conversations Caleb Scharf, Scientific American
- Donald Trump is a weak man in a strongman’s world Ross Douthat, New York Times
- The Poland model: left-wing economic policy and right-wing social policy Anna Sussman, the Atlantic
Nightcap
- Nozick, State, and Reparations Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
- No friends but the mountains Maurice Glasman, New Statesman
- The layers of Israel’s Trump mistake Michael Koplow, Ottomans & Zionists
- Why hasn’t Brexit happened? Christopher Caldwell, Claremont Review of Books
Nightcap
- French financial experts are anything but Diego Zuluaga, Alt-M
- The beauty of Soviet anti-religious art Roland Brown, Spectator
- Obama, Erdoğan, and the Syrian rebels Seymour Hersh, LRB
- Europe, Turkey, and the Kurdish rebels Bill Wirtz, TAC
Nightcap
- Not all Indian reservations are alike Ryan McMaken, Power & Market
- Is the UK about to become Canada? Scott Sumner, EconLog
- Why economists are wrong so often Chris Dillow, Stumbling & Mumbling
- Life, fate, and the assault on liberalism Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Nightcap
- The Big Lie about corporate power is disintegrating in front of our eyes Monkey Cage
- How close is Hong Kong to a second Tiananmen? Jude Blanchette, Foreign Policy
- Preaching the American Gospel Glenn Moots, Law & Liberty
- Aging, death, and the law Joona Räsänen, Aeon
Nightcap
- How two seasteaders wound up marked for death Brian Doherty, Reason
- When are exit strategies viable? David Kampf, War on the Rocks
- Imagining Africa Clive Gebay, Disorder of Things
- Tulsi Gabbard vs. Liberal McCarthyism Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth
Nightcap
- Wars makes us safer and richer Ian Morris, Washington Post
- Sovereignty is no solution Dalibor Rohac, American Interest
- American conservatism and Marxist paradigms Mary Lucia Darst, NOL
- Libertarians and the legitimacy crisis Arnold Kling, askblog
Nightcap
- Why Hayek was wrong about American and European conservatism, I Barry Stocker, NOL
- Why Hayek was wrong about American and European conservatism, II Barry Stocker, NOL
- Why Hayek was wrong about American and European conservatism, III Barry Stocker, NOL
- Why Hayek was wrong about American and European conservatism, IV Barry Stocker, NOL
Nightcap
- Disney, the NBA, and China in Hong Kong Tyler Cowen, MR
- Blizzard, esports, and China in Hong Kong Layne Vandenberg, the Diplomat
- China’s dirty little secret: land ownership Ian Johnson, NY Times
- The People’s Republic of China at 70 Austin Williams, spiked!
Nightcap
- “To speak on everything in the world, including everyone’s elections” Robin Hanson, Overcoming Bias
- Foucault on the courageous practice of speaking truth to power Deborah Clark, Footnotes to Plato
- The idea of Global Britain ignores reality (and an imperial past) Robert Saunders, New Statesman
- “No nation in Europe today is as good at self-deprecation as the Slovaks” Donald Rayfield, Literary Review
Nightcap
- China’s three-body problem Niall Ferguson, Jewish World Review
- The perplexing case of indigenous art Morgan Meis, the Easel
- Can Pakistan mediate between the US and Iran? Adam Weinstein, War on the Rocks
- On “terrorism” as a toxic term Vicente Medina, Policy of Truth
Nightcap
- Can Indigenous sovereignty survive colonisation? Pekka Hämäläinen, Aeon
- Is the nation-state the best we got? Paul Emiljanowicz, Africa is a Country
- Dining with Stalin Branko Milanovic, globalinequality
- An assassination in Sarajevo Nick Nielsen, The View from Oregon
Nightcap
- Neglected works in intellectual history JHIBlog
- Is that you, John Galt? JD Mullane, Burlington County Times
- European law and the myth of English exceptionalism Michael Krauss, Law & Liberty
- Myths of sovereignty and British isolation Barry Stocker, NOL
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