World Affairs

An Optimistic Outlook on 2021

The events of 2020 have caused precisely these sorts of setbacks in global collective human progress.

Tony Morley

31 Dec 2020 · 7 min read

Corruption: Greasing the Wheels of the World

The fish rots from the head, but the tail has rotting rights too. Comrade GAIchik had such rights—and rights they were/are, though not codified.

John Lloyd

19 Dec 2020 · 15 min read

The Videogame That Takes Us Inside the Hell of a Nazi-Run World

The New Order starts off in 1962, but not the 1962 we know. In this timeline, the Axis powers have conquered Eurasia, and are now seeking to bring Africa to heel, along with other far-flung corners of the world.

Carlos Miguel del Callar

26 Nov 2020 · 9 min read

A Brief History of China's One-Child Policy

In a dizzying volte-face, the world’s most murderously anti-natalist regime has become its most pleadingly pro-natalist.

Aaron Sarin

25 Nov 2020 · 15 min read

A Loss of Direction and the Rise of Populisms

There is nevertheless a glimmer of hope—the possibility that, despite recent calamities, we are in fact still living in the Age of Moderation and that this is a blip and not an epochal change

Joseph B. Juhasz and András Tóth

25 Nov 2020 · 16 min read

Making the World Safe for Autocracy

Brian Stewart

20 Nov 2020 · 4 min read

Totally Under Control—A Review

Totally Under Control is squarely focused on the bungling, mismanagement, and incoherence of the Trump administration.

Razib Khan

17 Nov 2020 · 14 min read

Secular Modernity under Theocratic Assault

25 Oct 2020 · 8 min read

Chile’s Elites Are Creating Another Latin American Populist Meltdown. Voters Must Stop Them

The main hope for Chile lies with the requirement that voters approve any new constitution.

Axel Kaiser

22 Oct 2020 · 7 min read

The Coming Post-COVID Global Order

The pandemic crisis is rapidly becoming a civilizational crisis.

Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger

19 Oct 2020 · 11 min read

The End of the Islamic Republic of Iran?

The regime is a victim of its own fanaticism, corruption, and incompetence.

Shay Khatiri

11 Oct 2020 · 7 min read

Is China the Governance of the Future?

Jacques is one of the most enthusiastic boosters of China in the West, and his book aims to show that an increasingly dynamic China will soon lay a claim to global hegemony.