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Stories of valiant archeologists who discover and expropriate ancient and powerful artifacts out of dangerous locales have long captured public imagination. Be it Indiana Jones or Laura Croft, the heroes often encounter violent insurgent groups that ...

Raiders of the Lost Art

Stories of valiant archeologists who discover and expropriate ancient and powerful artifacts out of dangerous locales have long captured public imagination. Be it Indiana Jones or Laura Croft, the heroes often encounter violent insurgent groups that ...

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Take ‘The Line’—a megacity under construction with two parallel skyscrapers stretching 170 kilometers horizontally through the Arabian desert. Or ‘Hyperloop’—Elon Musk’s proposed high-speed tran...

Ego, ENLARGED

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Take ‘The Line’—a megacity under construction with two parallel skyscrapers stretching 170 kilometers horizontally through the Arabian desert. Or ‘Hyperloop’—Elon Musk’s proposed high-speed tran...

“A village boy has become the president of Kenya,” William Ruto proclaimed during his September 13 victory speech. A crowd of tens of thousands, sporting the bright yellow of Ruto’s  United Democratic Alliance (UDA), erupted in cheers. Alt...

Everyday He’s Hustlin’

“A village boy has become the president of Kenya,” William Ruto proclaimed during his September 13 victory speech. A crowd of tens of thousands, sporting the bright yellow of Ruto’s  United Democratic Alliance (UDA), erupted in cheers. Alt...

“It has been a long time since we last met, and I hope it will be a long time before we have to part.” In his address to the 2018 Boao Forum for Asia, Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted this line from an old Hainanese folk song. Less than a week...

The Most Dangerous Precedent

“It has been a long time since we last met, and I hope it will be a long time before we have to part.” In his address to the 2018 Boao Forum for Asia, Chinese President Xi Jinping quoted this line from an old Hainanese folk song. Less than a week...

Switzerland is best known for its cheese, chocolate, and unwavering commitment to maintaining neutrality in geopolitical conflicts. However, the mountainous nation recently broke its long-standing tradition of neutrality when, on February 28, the Swi...

Neutral No More?

Switzerland is best known for its cheese, chocolate, and unwavering commitment to maintaining neutrality in geopolitical conflicts. However, the mountainous nation recently broke its long-standing tradition of neutrality when, on February 28, the Swi...

Today’s energy crisis harkens back to the 1973 oil shock, during which Arab petrostates instituted an oil embargo against Western countries that led to skyrocketing prices and astonishingly long lines at the gas pump. Since then, oil importers have...

Rare Earth Rush

Today’s energy crisis harkens back to the 1973 oil shock, during which Arab petrostates instituted an oil embargo against Western countries that led to skyrocketing prices and astonishingly long lines at the gas pump. Since then, oil importers have...

In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian government. They stood packed together, nervous with anticipation and ready to celebrate. And that evening, they ...

Handkerchiefs for Hope

In Buenos Aires, a crowd of protestors dressed in green gathered in the Plaza de Mayo to patiently await the decision of the Argentinian government. They stood packed together, nervous with anticipation and ready to celebrate. And that evening, they ...

In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the Yixian People’s Court ruled that Bai was innocent of rape on the grounds that violently forcing one’s wife to have...

Contractual Consent

In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the Yixian People’s Court ruled that Bai was innocent of rape on the grounds that violently forcing one’s wife to have...

The year is 1701. A fire burns inside a colossal wooden Longhouse near modern-day Syracuse, New York. Around it delegates from five Iroquois Nations await a motion.   Councils of Mohawk and Seneca gather on one side of the fire—as the dom...

Confederating Central Asia: The Iroquois Model

The year is 1701. A fire burns inside a colossal wooden Longhouse near modern-day Syracuse, New York. Around it delegates from five Iroquois Nations await a motion.   Councils of Mohawk and Seneca gather on one side of the fire—as the dom...