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Yearnings For Immortality: World Politics, Realpolitik and Power Over Death
Abstract: “Individual man sees in his country,” says Heinrich von Treitschke in Lectures on Politics, “the realization of his earthly immortality.” Though difficult to...
Britain’s efforts to regain lost glory: possibilities and challenges
There was a time when the world said that the sun never set on the British Empire. As history unfolds, we see that the...
50 years have passed since Perón’s visionary environmental message
On February 21, 1972 Juan Domingo Perón announced the publication of his letter known as “Mensaje Ambiental a los pueblos y Gobiernos del Mundo”...
Are we seeing a Clash of Civilizations?
The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future.” – Samuel Huntington
According...
Has “The Worst” Become Plausible?: Rising Risks Of A Nuclear War With North Korea
“The worst does sometime happen.”-Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Playwright
World System Structure and National Security
More worrisome than other perils, North Korea’s recent missile tests suggest steadily...
From the Chinese Revolution of 1911 to the exclusion from the UN (1949-1971)
The Chinese awakening was one of the central events in the history of the 20th century history. In the penultimate decade of the 19th...
Shi Maxian’s trap vs Thucydides’ trap
Many political theories and international interpretations have emerged to explain the form of the conflict between the United States and its allies in the...
Perils of Belligerent Nationalism: The Urgent Obligations of Planetary Community
"...the worst are full of passionate intensity, while the best lack all conviction.”-William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming
By definition, former President Donald J. Trump's...
The Forgotten Analogy: World War II
Pundits are searching for adequate analogies to explain the growing China-U.S. rivalry and predict its future direction. Two main ones appear: the pre-World War...
Japan’s Rohingya Policy: Deviation From Long-held Distinction
The story of Japan long pervasive in Bangladesh even across the world consists of two distinct aspects. One is the horrific nuclear bomb attack...