“Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where w...
Greenland is an island mired in inconsistencies and ironies. It is named after a color, yet its tundra is a bleak white. It is the largest island in the world, a landmass three times the size of Texas, yet only 60,000 people call it home. While gigan...
When Americans are presented with the word “coca,” their mind likely jumps to cocaine. In fact, the two are often conflated as one and the same: a dangerous drug banned by law and whose production and sale are subject to intense criminal regulati...
The recent escalation in unjust imprisonments and brutally conservative policy has charged up opponents of the Kremlin. Alexei Navalny, a popular blogger and anti-corruption lawyer, has emerged as a prominent opposition figure to Vladimir Putin. Nava...
The recent escalation in unjust imprisonments and brutally conservative policy has charged up opponents of the Kremlin. Alexei Navalny, a popular blogger and anti-corruption lawyer, has emerged as a prominent opposition figure to Vladimir Putin. Nava...
“Libertarian paradise” were words my hedge fund mentor used to describe the city in which we were working on my first day. These are hardly new words to describe Hong Kong, the liberally economic jewel in the cap of the Far East, but they are cri...
“Libertarian paradise” were words my hedge fund mentor used to describe the city in which we were working on my first day. These are hardly new words to describe Hong Kong, the liberally economic jewel in the cap of the Far East, but they are cri...
#ChangeBrazil, #VemPraRua, #OGiganteAcordou. Whoever first thought to use these trending Brazilian protest labels must feel like an unacknowledged celebrity. Over the course of the last few months, demonstrations across a hundred cities in Brazil too...
#ChangeBrazil, #VemPraRua, #OGiganteAcordou. Whoever first thought to use these trending Brazilian protest labels must feel like an unacknowledged celebrity. Over the course of the last few months, demonstrations across a hundred cities in Brazil too...
Natalie Morin, a Canadian woman who settled down in Saudi Arabia in 2009, is trapped inside her own home. Forbidden to visit her family or leave her abusive husband, her future is set and restricted by Saudi law. Her mother, Johanne Durocher, worked ...
Natalie Morin, a Canadian woman who settled down in Saudi Arabia in 2009, is trapped inside her own home. Forbidden to visit her family or leave her abusive husband, her future is set and restricted by Saudi law. Her mother, Johanne Durocher, worked ...
A little over a year ago, a viral video took the Internet by storm. In the week following the release of “Kony 2012,” the video had over a hundred million views, had reached more than half of all eighteen to twenty-nine year olds, and wa...
A little over a year ago, a viral video took the Internet by storm. In the week following the release of “Kony 2012,” the video had over a hundred million views, had reached more than half of all eighteen to twenty-nine year olds, and wa...
Japan’s nationalism, much like their baseball, exists as a constant reminder of the nation’s rapid passage from a feudal society to a Westernized, imperial power. The process that began in the middle of the 19th century — the end of...
Japan’s nationalism, much like their baseball, exists as a constant reminder of the nation’s rapid passage from a feudal society to a Westernized, imperial power. The process that began in the middle of the 19th century — the end of...
In early June, a nation-wide rallying cry for the reassertion of democracy in Turkey was sparked by Prime Minister Erdogan’s autocratic tactics: cracking down on the press, stifling legitimate political opposition, imposing building projects and mo...
In early June, a nation-wide rallying cry for the reassertion of democracy in Turkey was sparked by Prime Minister Erdogan’s autocratic tactics: cracking down on the press, stifling legitimate political opposition, imposing building projects and mo...
Confused by the events in Egypt? This is not altogether a bad thing. Confusion is a symptom of the acceptance of nuance. It’s taken Americans a long time to emerge from the Cold War mindset, where foreign policy wasn’t very nuanced an...
Confused by the events in Egypt? This is not altogether a bad thing. Confusion is a symptom of the acceptance of nuance. It’s taken Americans a long time to emerge from the Cold War mindset, where foreign policy wasn’t very nuanced an...
“Gentlemen do not read others’ mail.” –Henry L. Stimson. “One might expect Europeans to protest loudly — if only to appease their offended publics — but then revert to type and do little concrete in response. After all, America&...
“Gentlemen do not read others’ mail.” –Henry L. Stimson. “One might expect Europeans to protest loudly — if only to appease their offended publics — but then revert to type and do little concrete in response. After all, America&...
It began in a small park in Istanbul and very well might end in Brussels. Turkey’s protestors are now nearly silent after a month of abuse at the hands of riot police, their revolutionary spirit seemingly moved across the Atlantic to Brazil. Their ...
It began in a small park in Istanbul and very well might end in Brussels. Turkey’s protestors are now nearly silent after a month of abuse at the hands of riot police, their revolutionary spirit seemingly moved across the Atlantic to Brazil. Their ...
The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With depressing predictability, the conflagration has eluded our moral sensibility not by concealment but standing in...
The crisis you almost forgot is still there. The violence in Syria is suddenly halfway through its third year, with no end in sight. With depressing predictability, the conflagration has eluded our moral sensibility not by concealment but standing in...
“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of what’s happening in Syria.” — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, August 2012 As a result of the civil...
“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of what’s happening in Syria.” — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, August 2012 As a result of the civil...