Battling for the best and brightest: immigration, great power rivalry, and the history of talent importation
Immigration, asylum and naturalisation policies have always been at the heart of great power competition. It is time for American policymakers to begin thinking about how a more enlightened approach to immigration can help the United States preserve its primacy.
How war created the nation state and yet could destroy it
With each new peace treaty, the idea of the nation state slowly materialised. Now, in its parliamentarian form, it reigns supreme but in a post-9/11 world it faces increased competition.
Myths and realities of Putinism and NATO expansion
The lack of transparency over NATO expansion can be linked to the Russian leader’s mythologising over his country’s epic struggle.
Can nuclear deterrence preserve the Long Peace between major powers?
For the past sixty years, the use of nuclear weapons has become unthinkable. But with every conflict there comes a point where the unthinkable becomes possible.
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Shaping society — The Making of Our Urban Landscape by Geoffrey Tyack review
Great Books: Albert Camus’ Le premier homme
EI Weekly Listen — America’s problem with unconventional warfare by Frederick Kagan
For more than thirty years, the US has sought to avoid deploying ground forces into protracted conflict. It has nevertheless done so in almost every single one of those years. Perhaps it is time to accept reality. Read by Leighton Pugh.
EI Weekly Listen — America’s problem with unconventional warfare by Frederick Kagan
For more than thirty years, the US has sought to avoid deploying ground forces into protracted conflict. It has nevertheless done so in almost every single one of those years. Perhaps it is time to accept reality. Read by Leighton Pugh.
EI Weekly Listen — America’s problem with unconventional warfare by Frederick Kagan
For more than thirty years, the US has sought to avoid deploying ground forces into protracted conflict. It has nevertheless done so in almost every single one of those years. Perhaps it is time to accept reality. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Klára Dán — esoteric intellect who wrote the first modern computer code
Every computer program running today is descended from the code Klára Dán penned more than seventy years ago. Her story deserves as much recognition as that of her husband — the polymath John von Neumann.
Klára Dán — esoteric intellect who wrote the first modern computer code
Every computer program running today is descended from the code Klára Dán penned more than seventy years ago. Her story deserves as much recognition as that of her husband — the polymath John von Neumann.
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