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Hollowing Out the State: Status and Redistributive Politics in Colonial India

"Hollowing Out the State: Status and Redistributive Politics in Colonial India" featuring: Pavithra Suryanarayan, Assistant Professor of...

Only the Libyan people can build a brighter future for their country

Few people in Washington are as knowledgeable about Libya as Jonathan Winer, who was the United States special envoy to the country from...

Identity and Global Politics: A Discussion with Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama, Mosbacher Director of the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at the Freeman Spogli Institute...

Migrants don’t harm society, they improve it

There has been a surge in far-right groups and populist politicians driven by an ideology that suggests immigration is an unwelcome...

An uncomfortable truth: Canada’s wary ambivalence to Chinese corporate takeovers

This article examines the behavioural patterns of successive Canadian governments in responding to three takeover attempts of iconic...

The cryptic puzzle of Bitcoin and the Arab world

When the history of the first two decades of the 21st century is written, along with the paradigm shifts caused by 9/11, the Arab Spring...

Here's What A True U.S.-Pakistan 'Reset' Should Look Like

As he boarded his flight to Pakistan earlier this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo explained the purpose of his visit: "New leader...

American Institutions Are Holding Up—But Are Americans?

"Democratic publics can make mistakes, but if they fail to correct those mistakes, they are in deep trouble." From the standpoint of a...

The Case For Africa As The Next Investment Destination

If you went back in time for about three decades, any talk of Africa as an investment destination would have earned you mocking laughter...

Egypt’s Economic Pain Is All In A Good Cause – Analysis

Before the 2011 revolution that deposed Hosni Mubarak, Egypt had undergone a few reform periods between 1991 and 2007 in an effort to...