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A Deal with the Devil: Why the West Should Have Allied with Lukashenko

In launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s original plan was to seize Kyiv, decapitate the Ukrainian leadership and install a puppet government. That plan would have been impossible without…

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9 min

Liberalism and Our Sexual Rights and Freedoms

In an increasingly global knowledge economy, the middle and working classes of developed countries are feeling the pinch. This economic stress has inspired a resurgence of extremist political movements. Once…

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4 min

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Romanticising Shamima Begum

We Brits have entered the New Year faced by a barrage of unsolved problems from the past. Among them is the case of ISIS bride Shamima Begum, who left Britain…

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6 min

The Disappointments of Liberalism: Luke Savage’s “The Dead Center”

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.—Robert Frost Liberals have long prided themselves on their pragmatism and moderation. While radical movements on…

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Carnivals Come Cheap: Eco-Activists and the Attacks on Art

I am deeply concerned about the climate change issue. I come from a family background of protest, but over the decades I’ve learned which forms of protest are effective and…

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6 min

Labels: The Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly

Few things are as multifaceted or complex as personal identity. Yet, numerous social media posts and newspaper articles seem to suggest that we can somehow capture our unique individuality in…

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10 min

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The Ethics of Espionage

As the war in Ukraine continues, the pressure on western, Ukrainian and Russian spies to gain intelligence that will give one side a battlefield advantage is intense. At the same…

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6 min

Iran’s Feminist Revolution

The current uprising in Iran is a revolution led by women. It centres on the enforcement of hijab, but the protests are about much more than the wearing of a…

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7 min

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Whataboutism and Great Power Diplomacy

We need a more rigorous understanding of the phenomenon of whataboutism. There is a great deal at stake here since politicians and diplomats use this diversionary tactic to argue about…

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4 min

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The Centre Cannot Hold: The Death Throes of the Russian Federation

The 22 of September 2022, the day on which Putin declared that he would be instituting a national conscription programme to obtain troops to fight in Ukraine, marked the beginning…

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8 min

Something Worse than Liberal Hegemony

On the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Economist published an essay entitled “How America wasted its unipolar moment.” It was a familiar story in a popular genre…

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8 min

Why Germany is Bracing for a Cold Winter

Just a couple of months ago, anyone who had seriously wondered whether the German energy grid might collapse would have been derided as a doom-monger. Only survivalist preppers and other…

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9 min

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In Defence of Internationalism

It’s crucial to avoid arguments that rely on the stale adage that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. It’s equally crucial to remain unswayed by the accusation that…

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8 min

Queer: A New Narrative

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.—Ludwig Wittgenstein When early twentieth-century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote the above quotation, he was cautioning readers that…

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7 min

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Funding Pollution: Big Ag and the Dutch Farmers’ Protests

The international alt-right has praised the recent farmers’ protests in the Netherlands as the latest people’s revolt against out-of-touch elites. For former US president Donald Trump, French National Rally leader…

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9 min

Criminal Kleptocrats and the Looting of Africa

Anthony Trollope’s satirical novel The Way We Live Now (1875) contains a character by the name of Augustus Melmotte. A crooked financier of shadowy origins, Augustus has absconded from Paris…

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Politics

A Deal with the Devil: Why the West Should Have Allied with Lukashenko

Liberalism and Our Sexual Rights and Freedoms

Romanticising Shamima Begum

The Disappointments of Liberalism: Luke Savage’s “The Dead Center”

Carnivals Come Cheap: Eco-Activists and the Attacks on Art

Labels: The Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly

The Ethics of Espionage

Iran’s Feminist Revolution

Whataboutism and Great Power Diplomacy

The Centre Cannot Hold: The Death Throes of the Russian Federation

Something Worse than Liberal Hegemony

Why Germany is Bracing for a Cold Winter

In Defence of Internationalism

Queer: A New Narrative

Funding Pollution: Big Ag and the Dutch Farmers’ Protests

Criminal Kleptocrats and the Looting of Africa

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