The New Normal: Trauma Informed International Practices During COVID-19
If the current trend of lashing out from a perceived position of victimization and trauma via the United States is upheld throughout the COVID-19 crisis, the globe is truly living in the new norm.
What International Relations Tells Us about COVID-19
A Trump re-election loss will not remove structural barriers to collaboration, but it might delegitimate some of the zero-sum thinking that proliferated during his time.
Opinion – Compromising US Energy Security for International Oil Market Stability
Trump has placed the US in a position to have its oil production manipulated by a cartel vying to remain relevant and a geopolitical rival seeking leverage.
Militarization in the Age of the Pandemic Crisis
The spectacle of militarization functions as part of a culture of division and fragmentation, all the while refusing ask how the US shares elements of a fascist politics.
Soft Power: Can Less be More?
Trump and his administration are probably a disaster for American soft power and undermine the country’s standing in the world – but is that necessarily bad?
Opinion – Nationalism and Trump’s Response to Covid-19
As covid-19 continues to spread in the US, the Trump administrations handling of it as a public health and economic issue will be at the forefront the election.
Review – Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi’s book is a thought-provoking account of America’s racial history and its impact on people of colour, providing a theorization of global anti-blackness.
Review – The Age of Illusions
Bacevich argues that the road from American expectations of global supremacy and perpetual prosperity to the economic realities of the US in 2016 led to Trump’s election.
Interview – John M. Kirk
John M. Kirk discusses the new constitution in Cuba, the country’s shifting relationships in the region, US-Cuban relations, and the alleged ‘sonic attacks’ on diplomats.
Age of the Deal: Donald Trump Won the Battle of Seattle
Donald Trump emerged as the unlikely victor of the Battle of Seattle, despite many underestimating his political muscle, causing multilateralism to suffer accordingly.
