According to Séverine Autesserre, while “policymakers and practitioners often admit that many standard peacebuilding techniques are ineffective. In the absence of compelling alternatives, these faulty
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The man who declared the ‘end of history’ now fearful of the very fate of liberal democracy -National Post
In the early 1990s, just after the end of the Cold-War, Francis Fukuyama argued that we had reached the “end of history”. He was not
WHY FACTS DON’T CHANGE OUR MINDS -The New Yorker
This article focuses on cognitive process that distort our reasoning and call into question the idea that people, and by extension, political actors and decision
Keeping the gunpowder dry? -North by Northwest
This brief op-ed discusses the securitization of the North. As the author, Marc Lanteigne, points out, securitization does not mean that there is an imminent
FBI will revert to using fax machines, snail mail for FOIA requests -The Daily Dot
So much for the relentless march of technological progress. “the FBI will no longer accept FOIA requests via email. Instead, requesters will have to rely
‘Why let ’em in?’ Understanding Bannon’s worldview and the policies that follow. – Washington Post
The description of Bannon’s Islamophobia and general callousness is pretty much par for the course. There has been so much written on the Trump administration’s
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