For the first time in my experience, public opinion from outside the university had counted for more than scholarly achievement and peer evaluation within it.
The 2020 election may be more defined by the anti-Trump vote than by support for Biden, due to Trumps handling of Covid-19, policing and foreign policy.
The 18th century perspective upon international relations may be bleak. It does, however, reveal the early conditions of globalisation.
In nuclear power, man had harnessed a monster. While it may be true that every form of power production has its dangers, nothing is as irrevocable as the effects of a nuclear accident.
In the former Soviet states, debates about the past are often the defining element of contemporary politics and Stalinism is still full of secrets yet to be discovered.
Building on its COVID-19 successes, Cambodia must reverse its democratic drift, restore ties with the US and its allies, and step up its foreign policy ambitions.
Both among the authorities and the opposition, there are good and bad people, there is no dividing line between them. That was also obvious in Communist times.
The ideas guiding Bolsonaro’s foreign policy are not essentially different from those championed by many others who preceded him.
Regulation could be the key to providing a level playing field for companies to develop by ensuring legal certainty, and providing a good-practice example to export.
The problems faced today seem even more complex than in the late 1980s when, in retrospect, there was more opportunity for open discussion.
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