PS Say MoreFeb 26, 2020Aryeh Neier
suggests how the International Criminal Court can strengthen its impact, highlights violence and official discrimination against Muslims in India, and names several unsung heroes of the global human-rights movement.
Long ReadsFeb 25, 2020Nicholas Reed Langen
sees the ghost of the Third Reich's greatest legal thinker in UK and US leaders' efforts to expand executive power.
Global BookmarkFeb 21, 2020William H. Janeway
reviews two recent books exploring the history of venture capital and its interplay with the American state.
PS Say MoreFeb 18, 2020Angus Deaton
proposes how to address America’s “deaths of despair,” suggests which philosophers every economist should read, and shares what US voters need to know before November’s presidential election.
PS Say MoreFeb 12, 2020Edoardo Campanella
considers the limits of nostalgia in a post-Brexit UK, proposes measures for supporting firms that are not on the technological frontier, and identifies what young people need from their governments.
PS Say MoreFeb 4, 2020Brahma Chellaney
evaluates Donald Trump’s “free and open” Indo-Pacific strategy, assesses the prospects of China’s one-party state, and identifies three foreign-policy priorities for the US.
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As 2019 draws to a close, it is unclear whether we have reached “peak disruption,” or whether a further unraveling of political systems, economic models, and international arrangements is in the offing. Between the poles of populist/authoritarian “destruction” and liberal/reformist reconstruction, what specific forces are most likely to define the next year – and the next decade?
The Year Ahead 2020
