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Understanding Ronald Regan’s approach to the Cold War
President Ronald Reagan’s ascendency in the political hierarchy of the United States, ending in him becoming the President is often regarded as a triumphant...
A Time For Candor: What Have We Learned From The Pandemic?
"The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth."
Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time (1971)
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Privileged, Passing, or Persecuted? The Curious Concept of Race in America
On a small and desolate western Virginia road, an unsuspecting driver will come upon a lonely and extremely aged bronze plaque. Commemorating a long...
The traditional independence and balance of North Korea
Years ago, while talking with Kim Il-Sung about Mediterranean issues, he told me about an episode concerning a country geographically very close to Italy,...
Seeking Power Over Death: Lethal Mainspring Of World Politics
Abstract: At its core, history is the determinable record of humankind's struggle for and against death. Though such a bold assertion might first appear...
Exploring China’s National Salvation in the 1911 Revolution
When the First Opium War broke out in 1840, China became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal nation ruled by foreign powers. The final years of...
March 23, 1940 versus March 26, 1971: Is two-nation theory dead?
Sheikh Mujibur Rehman declared Bangladesh to be independent on March 26, 1971. There is a long trajectory of events that culminated in this cataclysmic...
Politics of Ethnicity: Sri Lankan Case Study
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher called man a “social animal” by nature. Human survival has been a key characteristic and this depended on man’s ability...
The Parallels of Totalitarian M.O.
The outlook of totalitarianism today is vastly diverse compared to the early tomid-20th century. Be it the draconian rule of Joseph Stalin commandeering the...
Sentiments of Ethical Leviathan
The conversation on the role of the state reoccurs in all ages of history for all generations. It is a central piece in understanding...