The Appeal of a Technocrat
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The Decline and Death of Violence
Are we living in the most peaceable era of our species’ existence? "Better Angels of Our Nature" by Steven Pinker
The Making of the President, 1789-2012
Cracks in the electoral college's application have emerged, prompting calls for reforms to change the system.
China and Belarus: A Special Relationship
The People’s Republic keeps Europe’s last dictatorship afloat
Delusions of Sovereignty
The choice Europe faces is not between a less integrated and a more integrated Eurozone, but between an effectively integrated Eurozone or none at all.
The Democratic Divergence
As authoritarian regimes have crumbled in the Arab World, so too has the gulf that once separated politics from religion.
Greecing the Engine
Greece was not the first European country to obscure its debt in arcane derivative contracts.
Gram Slattery on the Eurozone: A Central Banker’s Nightmare
The Euro is in trouble, and its current problems were predicted even before the currency’s introduction. In a recent piece for the Harvard Political Review, Gram Slattery explains why analysts who warned against the Euro were right and how the Eurozone should proceed. Read the full article at the Harvard Political Review.
Ian Kumekawa on Europe Giving Up on Multi-Culturalism
British Prime Minister David Cameron, like other European leaders, recently voiced concern about immigration and multiculturalism. Ian Kumekawa writes for the Perspective, Cameron’s comments show a leader, “seeking to channel the social anxieties of a troubled populace into fear and hostility towards an even more vulnerable social group.” As Kumekawa explains, “[b]y singling out a group already hit hard by [...]
Uncovering the Cracks
Conflict in Libya reveals flaws in the European Union's coordination capacity.
Estonia: A Move to the Euro, and Europe?
When I visited Estonia four weeks ago, I witnessed the bittersweet, albeit largely temperate, passing of the kroon, Estonia’s national currency since 1992. As I, and indeed most of the country, rushed to dump my krooni before Jan. 1st and the euro arrived, I nevertheless held on to a two-krooni note—a relic, no doubt, of a time that once was. After [...]
