Politics, within liberal states, has often expressed the illiberal friend-enemy distinction with intensity to justify the centralisation of executive power. http://dlvr.it/Sc190Z
The US should lead by example and pinpoint the institutional issues that contributed to, and culminated in, over a million dead citizens and potentially prevent a similar disaster from occurring again. http://dlvr.it/SbwMyY
Chris Ogden delves into the appeal of China's authoritarianism, whether Western democracies have any responsibility for it, and the implications for human rights. http://dlvr.it/Sbtlyg
Josep Borrell's remarks on Europe representing a garden does not truly embody the virtues of liberty, equality and fraternity which is, in many ways, a jungle in its own right. http://dlvr.it/Sbhtwq
Even in such an intensely divided society like Bosnia, political opportunists cannot expect to gain seats just by “diversity criteria” alone. http://dlvr.it/SbdMrg
Kathleen Powers provides a timely overview of the different types of nationalism and their impact, but the theoretical framework and proposed binaries remain problematic. http://dlvr.it/SbYwXM
If integrating digital technology into the food system is bound up with a data grab, there is a need for critical scrutiny of what the consequences will be. http://dlvr.it/SbXQMZ