Why We Fight: The Rules-Based International Order
There is a need to make sense of the post-World War 2 rules and institutions that stand both as a legacy of colonialism and at the same time a vehicle to overcome it.
America First, Humanity Second: Trump, MAGA, and American Imperialism Revisited
The most powerful country in the world is dismantling the order it helped create and rekindling old ideas about spheres of influence and regional imperialism.
Existential Battles: Culture Wars and Real Wars
Since political violence, in particular war, is a quintessential instrument of colonialism, the praeter-colonial mind would be remiss not to inquire into its nature and changing character.
The Haves and the Have-Nots: The West, the Global South, and the Rest
Perhaps it is time to retire the ‘West versus the rest’ framework in a similar way that some have advocated to drop the ‘post-Soviet’ label.
Trilateral Lessons from the 1980s for Today’s Indo-Pacific Challenges
The yardstick of success is an alliance structure between the US, Japan, and South Korea that functions even when friendship falters.
Opinion – Changing Frontiers of Sino-US Technological Competition
The future contest will not only centre on who can build the most powerful chips, but on who can set the rules governing their use and exchange.
The Reluctant Empire: The United States and America
America, the continent, has always been a place to welcome those who decided that staying put was not going to cut it.
Opinion – Federalism: The Best Path for Syria’s Future
If Syrians can build a federal state with strong constitutional guarantees they would create a model for coexistence in the Middle East.
Opinion – Will NATO Collapse? Gamers Rejoice
Battlefield 6’s plot may not be realistic now, but we can speculate that mercenary organizations over the next decade may come to comparable power status as nation-states.
To Be Feared Is to Be Free: Macron’s Realist Turn
By bringing Machiavelli and Schmitt back into the language of a liberal democracy, Macron announced more than a rhetorical shift.
