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Interrogating Identity
Francis Fukuyama

A conversation with Richard Aldous on the origins of modern identity politics.

 Published: 2018-09-19 15:44:17
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The Right Approach to Rights
Martha Bayles

There is nothing wrong about our current conception of human rights that cannot be cured by the best elements of our own tradition.

 Published: 2018-09-13 11:06:40
 
The Feeble Center
Radical Politics, Old Ideas
Dalibor Rohac

If history teaches us anything, it is that resurgent political radicalism is hardly a reason for intellectual excitement about big and bold ideas. Rather, it is a reliable sign of serious trouble ahead.

 Published: 2018-09-11 14:59:47
 
Decline Time in America
America, the Forever Has-Been
Josef Joffe

Predictions of America’s inevitable decline are like repertory theater, put on stage once every decade since the 1950s. For all his arrogance and nastiness, Donald Trump may flummox the doomsayers again.

 Published: 2018-09-05 14:22:15
 
N+ Problems
The U.S.-Turkish Unraveling and the Arabs
Adam Garfinkle

The security ramifications of a permanent break between the United States and Turkey would be far greater than commonly realized.

 Published: 2018-09-03 09:00:25
 
English Irony
The New British Exceptionalism
Peter Pomerantsev

For all their differences, Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson both link humor, national identity, and an attachment to England’s imperial importance in ways that point to common national pathologies.

 Published: 2018-08-27 11:51:30
 
Higher Ed Watch
Does Harvard’s Undergrad Admission Policy Discriminate?
Richard Thompson Ford

The court may find that it does, but that doesn’t mean Harvard or any other university should switch to purely objective, merit-based criteria for admissions.

 Published: 2018-08-24 14:35:54
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Change You Can’t Believe In
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A new book argues that our technocratic elite have succumbed to a “new faith” that promises worldly utopia but instead perpetuates injustice. Perhaps they might take lessons from an older one.
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Fromm 1941 to Now
David Goodhart
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China Cracks Down in Xinjiang
Ellen Bork
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Why Pakistan Won’t Cooperate
Husain Haqqani
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The Bulverizing of the American Mind
Aaron Sibarium
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Niagra Falls Moment #3
Shocked and Surprised

The revelations of a “resistance within” the Trump Administration are surprising in their details. But what is happening now was always inherent in the idea of a Trump presidency.

 Published: Sep 14, 2018
Francis Fukuyama
Democracy, Development & the Rule of Law
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Identity and the End of History

History is directional and progressive, and the modernization process points to liberal democracy as its fullest embodiment. But getting there is harder than it seemed back in 1992, and the possibility of institutional decay is ever-present.

 Published: Aug 23, 2018
Larry Diamond
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A New Beginning
Welcome to Democracy Square

It is my pleasure to welcome you to this blog about the issues and challenges confronting democracy at home and abroad.

 Published: Oct 30, 2017
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