New Report Shows Capitalism Still Popular and That’s a Good Thing
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of capitalism’s death are greatly exaggerated. For years, we have been told support for socialism is overtaking capitalism,...
Great Powers and Their Allies: The Experience of Global Confrontation
In the event that relations between Russia and its allies were assessed in comparison with similar practices in the United States and Europe, then...
Russia at War
Observers are quick to detect signs of growing domestic discontent with Putin’s war against Ukraine. But Russian society and business continue to support the...
Ukraine, the Shadow War
For the most part, Russia’s war against Ukraine focusses our attention squarely on the conventional fighting. However, this war encompasses a great deal of...
The Dangers of Ideology
Everyone has felt passionate about a subject or an idea. Perhaps that passion has shaped many conversations, thoughts, and ideas over months and years....
ASEAN Response to Ukraine Crisis a Show of ‘Diplomatic Cowardice’
The crisis in Ukraine has exposed how the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – once again – is divided as it fails to...
Another Gaza War? Legal and Strategic Aspects of Israeli Counterterrorism
In its steadily escalating war on Palestinian terror, Israel has a law-based responsibility to limit harm to Arab populations and a concurrent responsibility not...
Civil Liberties Groups: European governments continued weakening democracy in 2022
In a democracy, we decide how our elected representatives use the powers and resources we’ve delegated to them. When citizens are in charge, we...
Senseless Violence? Conflict, Violence and the Subject
Understanding violence in all of its variety has occupied social scientists for some time now. In this attempt various explanations have been put forth,...
Weapons of Mass Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and the Production of Extremist Propaganda
Introduction In late 2022, OpenAI publicly released some of the most sophisticated deep-learning models – DALL-E and Chat GPT. These neural networks rely on...