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Jeremy Adelman

Jeremy Adelman

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Jeremy Adelman is Director of the Global History Lab at Princeton University.

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  1. The New History Wars
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    The New History Wars

    Sep 22, 2020 Jeremy Adelman & Andrew Thompson think de-escalating the culture war over public monuments will require difficult sacrifices from all sides.

  2. The Moral Crisis of the Pandemic
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    The Moral Crisis of the Pandemic

    Apr 15, 2020 Jeremy Adelman worries that the pandemic’s renewed emphasis on locality is creating an ethical minefield for the planet.

  3. The Politics of Frustration in Latin America
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    The Politics of Frustration in Latin America

    Oct 29, 2019 Jeremy Adelman & Pablo Pryluka trace the protests sweeping the region to the absence of obvious alternatives to failed globalization.

  4. A More Dangerous Globalism
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    A More Dangerous Globalism

    Mar 23, 2017 Jeremy Adelman & Anne-Laure Delatte remind us that today's nationalists have their own vision of world order.

  5. The Crisis of Our Crises
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    The Crisis of Our Crises

    Sep 7, 2015 Jeremy Adelman & Anne-Laure Delatte argue that today's global trouble spots reflect the erosion of international integration.

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    Freedom Without Justice

    Slavoj Žižek

    At the end of European Communism, there was a widespread, euphoric hope that freedom and democracy would bring a better life; eventually, though, many lost that hope. The problem, under both Communism and the new liberal dispensation, was that those pursuing grand social projects had embraced ideology instead of philosophy.

    considers what an Albanian Marxist philosopher can tell us about liberty in today's world.
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    Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?

    Maciej Kisilowski & Anna Wojciuk

    For the US, Slovakia's general election may produce another unreliable allied government. But instead of turning a blind eye to such allies, as President Joe Biden has been doing with Poland, or confronting them with an uncompromising stance, the US should spearhead efforts to help mend flawed democracies.

    reflect on the outcome of Slovakia's general election in the run-up to Poland's decisive vote.
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    Not Destined for War

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. rejects historical analogies implying that zero-sum conflict between the US and China is inevitable.
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    Is “Peace Through Commerce” Dead?

    Harold James doubts that new conflicts and rivalries justify a full-scale rejection of European-style economic engagement.
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    Putin and Kim’s Cartoon Summit

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks that Russia's recent meeting with North Korea was intended primarily as a warning to the South.
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    Saudi Arabia’s New Nationalism

    Bernard Haykel explains the reasoning behind the Kingdom's ongoing domestic- and foreign-policy transformation.
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    The Green Growth Mindset

    Gernot Wagner sees doctrinaire debates about capitalism as irrelevant or even deleterious to the decarbonization effort.
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    Africa Is the Future of Multilateralism

    Mark Malloch-Brown explains why the continent should be at the forefront of efforts to bring about international reforms.
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    A Chinese Bubble Long in the Making

    Yi Fuxian traces the deep roots of the country's mounting economic and financial problems.

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