Review: Inglorious Empire — British India by Shashi Tharoor
All the European powers combined didn’t manage to kill that many people throughout all Asia during their entire colonial histories.
Sumantra Maitra
Foreign policy analyst and national security fellow. Writes on great power competition and geopolitics for various publications.
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Methods Behind the Campus Madness
Then institutions of higher learning will again be a place for what they were originally meant, the exchange of ideas and verifiable knowledge.
The Hypocrisy of Sweden's Feminist Foreign Policy
Sweden was the first state to acknowledge Palestine, antagonising what is the only democratic power in Middle East and steadfast Western ally, Israel.
Artificially Inflating the Threat from Russia Does Nobody Any Good
Their foreign policy record understandably looks chaotic at first glance, but we can nonetheless detect a pattern to it.
Make Expertise Great Again
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters is finally out this year.
The Berkeley Riots and the Tyranny of the Righteous Minority
The entire narrative of the Western left is one of structural, systemic exploitation by the forces of patriarchy, economics, and social-conservatism.
The New Trump-ian Order
What I have outlined above are valid critiques of Trump’s policies which need to be vigorously pursued through constitutional channels and via Senatorial and Congressional opposition.
Trump, NATO, and the Persistent Myths of International Relations
If one is serious about defending liberal order, then one should be prepared to spend. After all, freedom isn’t free, and Uncle Sucker won’t be there forever.
The BuzzFeed Fiasco Shows Us Why Trust in Institutions Is Dying
If this information about an American leader were true, it would be frankly unprecedented. At the same time, the information is also extremely suspect.
How Will History Remember Obama?
Mostly, however, it was just disappointment. In both race relations and foreign relations, Obama unleashed forces, either deliberately or carelessly, which were beyond his control.
No, the Syrian Civil War Is Not like Jews Fleeing Nazi Persecution
If one genuinely cares about the civilians who are suffering, they would want to stop the war at any cost, rather than fan the flames further.
Cut Out the "Literally Hitler" Hysteria
Human societies, generally are conservative, and they prefer primarily two things, order and rule of law in society, and the perceived safety of one’s own tribe.