Moral panic
Reactions to Trump show that elites are also susceptible to collective moods. When a CNN correspondent asked a female protester on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, about her response to…
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Migrapolis
London, Europe’s most globalized city. Of the roughly 8 million inhabitants, white Britons now make up less than half. The city is rich and at the same time rickety. While…
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Juggernaut
India’s growth can zero out all the world’s environmental measures Nigambodh Ghat is the place where the Hindu god Brahma bathed in the Yamuna River and regained his memory. Today…
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The first culture warriors
Herder vs. Fichte and the fight for the soul of nationalism Imagine a time of globalization, modernization; of decadence and alienation. Imagine living in a country where the mother tongue…
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The West & the Rest
The world is changing, as will international relations. The West was never so powerful nor so influential as it was in the years immediately after the Cold War. Over time,…
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A Sad Metaphor
Ambassador Samantha Powers’s outburst against Russia at the UN is aptly symbolizes the decay of the American-led order “That, gentlemen is not just a sleeping man, it’s a sad metaphor.…