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AsiaNovember 11, 2015
Burma: Democracy with an Asterisk?
Burma’s Constitution awards a quarter of its Parliament to the military. But that’s not Aung San Suu Kyi’s biggest problem by a long shot.
John Feffer
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Civil UnrestNovember 10, 2015
Splinterlands: The View From 2050
A dystopian fictional tour of the world that awaits us.
John Feffer
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GlobalizationSeptember 17, 2015
What Can ‘Star Trek’ Teach Us About American Exceptionalism?
The quintessentially American urge “to boldly go,” regardless of consequence, has gotten humanity into a heap of trouble.
John Feffer
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Foreign PolicyMay 26, 2015
Did Market Leninism Win the Cold War?
The states of the future will marry the least savory aspects of collectivism and capitalism.
John Feffer
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International LawMarch 5, 2015
The Islamic State’s Atrocities—and Ours
It’s tempting to call ISIS “medieval” murderers. But from mass murder to drone strikes, atrocity is very much a part of our modern experience.
John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
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EconomicsJanuary 27, 2015
The European Union May Be on the Verge of Collapse
The complex federal project of the EU has proven fragile in the absence of a strong external threat.
John Feffer
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ActivismDecember 9, 2014
The Life and Times of Michael B
Ferguson has put America’s racial apartheid on the global stage.
John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
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Foreign PolicyAugust 28, 2014
What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common
Both thrive on the breakdown of the existing social order.
John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
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ClassMay 23, 2014
Piketty in Elysium
If inequality sells in bookstores and box offices, it will sell at the polls as well.
John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
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Climate ChangeApril 8, 2014
America’s Homegrown Terror Threat—and Why We’re Doing Nothing to Fight It
Plagued by poor infrastructure, climate denialism, unregulated fracking wells and nuclear waste sites, the United States is poised to topple itself with self-inflicted wounds.
Emanuel Pastreich, John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus