Category: Democracy
Is the United States aging out of democracy?
In my capacity as a globetrotting Asianist, I frequently encounter people from the United States who want to brag about […]
February 4, 2026
The United States as guardian or bully
The recent United States military incursion into Venezuela and abduction and subsequent arrest of its President Nicolás Maduro and his […]
January 12, 2026
Ousting Venezuela’s leader was high on Trump’s to-do list
When a little known politician recently declared himself interim president of Venezuela and called for fresh elections, opponents of the […]
January 7, 2026
The political weaponry of disinformaton
Begoña Gómez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, was born a man by the name of Begoño. Some […]
January 5, 2026
Why People Under 35 Are Not Afraid of Democratic Socialism
For Americans under 35, the term “democratic socialism” triggers neither fear nor Cold War reflexes. It represents something far simpler: […]
November 18, 2025
Who gets to decide what counts as knowledge? Big tech, AI, and the future of epistemic agency in higher education
by Mehreen Ashraf, Eimear Nolan, Manuel F Ramirez, Gazi Islam and Dirk Lindebaum Walk into almost any university today, and […]
October 17, 2025