Articles

Making Sense of Trump’s Travel Ban

Harvey M. Sapolsky • Feb 5 2017 • Articles

Terrorism terrorizes. The public’s desire for protection will provoke a political response. The ban is a message to friends and family of terrorists.

Totalitarianism Is Back – Time to Awake!

Hartmut Behr • Feb 5 2017 • Articles

Arendt’s analysis of totalitarianism matches Trump’s politics. Being alert means not to retreat in the hopes and naivety that it won’t be as bad as it looks.

Donald Trump and the Emergent Dominant Narrative in US Foreign Policy

Jack Thompson • Feb 4 2017 • Articles

Trump is laying the groundwork for a fundamental shift in the way Americans think about foreign security policy. The question is, how long will America First persist?

A World Full of Free Riders?

Harvey M. Sapolsky • Feb 1 2017 • Articles

In some American eyes, most recently in the Trump administration, the rich nations of the world appear to find excuses to do little for global security or even their own defense.

Negotiating Trade Deals: Not an Issue of Capacity but Rather of Strategy

Johan Adriaensen • Feb 1 2017 • Articles

Rather than the lack of administrative capacity, the absence of a clear strategy is the biggest challenge to the UK’s post-Brexit trade policy.

From Standing Rock to Resistance in Context: Towards Anarchism against Settler Colonialism

Adam Lewis • Feb 1 2017 • Articles

Anarchists need to engage with Indigenous peoples and communities who are already resisting capitalism, colonialism and the state in their areas.

Europe’s Post-Brexit Retrenchment

Alexander Mattelaer • Jan 30 2017 • Articles

If the EU struggles to maintain broad domestic support in its own member states, it seems likely to face a prolonged period of strategic retrenchment.

‘Trumpism’ and the Future of International Politics: The Return of Realism

Phil Cole • Jan 29 2017 • Articles

Trump’s presidency represents a radical break in international politics. Under Trumpism rules are for losers. Realism has returned, and liberal internationalism is, for now anyway, dead.

Teaching and Learning in a Post-Truth Moment

Jan Lüdert • Jan 29 2017 • Articles

Educators must build strong foundations for critical thinking that is equally attuned to affective and cognitive learning in these times of manufactured uncertainty.

Brexit and Instability

Bruce Newsome • Jan 28 2017 • Articles

Britain is exiting the EU as a stronger democracy, with more liberal policies, and more stability. The EU is heading in the other direction.

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