World Affairs - Quillette (Page 9)

The Attractions of the Clan—An Interview with Mark Weiner

My concern is that the left here is closing itself off, and that its resistance to thinking about cultural differences is a progressive parallel to right-wing climate change denial and that it could eventually eat it intellectually from inside.

Paulina Neuding and Mark S. Weiner

20 Mar 2019 · 13 min read

How a Fake Scandal Took Down a Brazilian Fashion Editor

Addressing Brazil’s legacy of racism is surely one of my country’s most urgent moral priorities.

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

19 Mar 2019 · 7 min read

China is Gearing up for a Long Fight

If China is responsible for the attack on the Australian parliament, the intelligence that it has gathered could be very useful in eroding the appeal of democracy worldwide.

Nick Taber

4 Mar 2019 · 8 min read

How Sweden's Blind Altruism Is Harming Migrants

In terms of culture, Afghanistan is the opposite of Sweden.

Mustafa Panshiri

4 Mar 2019 · 11 min read

Why the American Left Should Embrace Effective Altruism over Provincial Populism

Principle of impartiality, universalizability, equality, or whatever, we cannot discriminate against someone merely because he is far away from us.

Matt Johnson

27 Feb 2019 · 9 min read

The Bolivarian God That Failed

The available scientific and statistical evidence (not to mention common sense) weighs strongly against belief in bodily resurrection from the dead.

Clifton Ross

1 Feb 2019 · 21 min read

The Case Against a Second EU Referendum

If one referendum isn’t enough to resolve the matter, why would two be enough?

Madeline Grant

21 Jan 2019 · 11 min read

The West's Betrayal of Iranian Dissidents

Iranians who yearn for democracy and an open, prosperous society at peace with the world are met with overwhelming indifference from the West’s media and political leaders.

Mariam Memarsadeghi

20 Jan 2019 · 10 min read

Agnès Bun's Invincible Summer

Bun’s frankness about her own frailties lends her reporting the credibility and moral authority of honesty—the authenticity with which she writes closes the distance between journalist and reader, and her videos transport us into the world she covers.

Joe Hefferon

12 Jan 2019 · 9 min read

The Case for a Second EU Referendum

The fate of the withdrawal agreement, and indeed the country at large, cannot depend on “he said, she said” accusations and counter-accusations.

Oliver Conolly

3 Jan 2019 · 15 min read

Anxiety About Immigration is a Global Issue

It is time we started discussing global immigration in a more grown up way in the hope of coming up with a sustainable solution, rather than assuming the worst of each other and resorting to name-calling and selective moral outrage.

Remi Adekoya

1 Jan 2019 · 6 min read

Solzhenitsyn: The Fall of a Prophet

In exile, Solzhenitsyn turned to harsh criticism of the West, not just for failing to stand up to the Soviet regime and fully confront its malevolence.