Rethinking the Meiji Restoration
The Japanese once celebrated the Meiji period as an optimistic and outward-looking era. But relative decline has led Japan’s youth to embrace ‘hikikomori’, a philosophy of national isolation.
The geopolitical fight to come over green energy
The struggle for sustainable energy will soon put China, the US and Europe on a geopolitical collision course. But moving away from fossil fuels is a Herculean task, and a greener politics will not transcend tragedy.
John Perry Barlow and the struggle for the independence of cyberspace
In 1996 John Perry Barlow penned his ‘Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace’. The war between politicians and tech-idealists had just begun.
Russia and the West – the path not taken
The collapse of the Soviet Union drew back the Iron Curtain, integrating Eastern Europe in the Western order. Although Russia remained out in the cold, this was not inevitable. For a brief moment in the nineties, a very different Europe was imagined.
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Worldview – China in the 90s: why did it rise?
Niall Ferguson, Helen Thompson and Rana Mitter join Iain Martin to explore what happened to China in the nineties, and what created the conditions for China’s spectacular rise in the new millennium.
Worldview – China in the 90s: why did it rise?
Niall Ferguson, Helen Thompson and Rana Mitter join Iain Martin to explore what happened to China in the nineties, and what created the conditions for China’s spectacular rise in the new millennium.
Worldview – China in the 90s: why did it rise?
Niall Ferguson, Helen Thompson and Rana Mitter join Iain Martin to explore what happened to China in the nineties, and what created the conditions for China’s spectacular rise in the new millennium.
Christopher Lasch – contrarian critic of America’s elites
Critical of capitalism and of social liberalism, Lasch interrogated America’s national character during an era of profound change – and his prescient ideas are even more relevant today.
Christopher Lasch – contrarian critic of America’s elites
Critical of capitalism and of social liberalism, Lasch interrogated America’s national character during an era of profound change – and his prescient ideas are even more relevant today.
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