Why China Will Never Dominate the World
After almost a century of American dominance, many claim that China will soon become the world’s leading superpower. As historian Niall Ferguson puts it, we are currently in the throes…
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Human Nature and the Human Future: Emotional Amoral Egoism, by Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan
Certain questions have vexed philosophers for millennia: What is human nature? Do we have free will? How can we build healthy societies? Are we motivated more by emotion or by…
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China or the US: Who Will Lead Us Through the Twenty-First Century?
China’s phenomenal economic and geopolitical ascent over the past two decades has raised the question of who will dominate in the twenty-first century: the United States or China? However, framing…
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Why Confrontation Is Not the Best Way to Effect Regime Change in China
Over the past week, protests once again shook the streets of Hong Kong, as tens of thousands occupied the region’s CBD. Many of them were university students like myself, and…
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When Is a Phobia Not a Phobia? The Ill-Fated Theory of Teutophobia
Certain fears are clearly irrational and some are totally justified. More often, though, they are under- or overestimations of threat. In the field of international relations, the consequences of such…
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