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Israel is no longer a liberal democracy. As Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government took office on 29 December, its illiberalism was evident. No longer a matter for debate or polite embarrassment, the contempt for liberal ideas brings all the disparate factions together: against the…
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If straits and islands are the gates to the oceans, microchips are the gates to the virtual. In their countless billions or trillions, “they are the…
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The new powers over the atom had a most significant correlate in the power to generate blueprints for new realities. Through a kind of fairy craft…
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The prospects for peaceful change at the level of the international system remain rather limited, but in the nuclear age change as such may also have to…
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As we said in our last post, the war in Ukraine never became a hegemonic war and that for two reasons: First, the Russian answer: if hegemonic wars are…
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The ancient Greek historian Thucydides was the first to write about the idea of great wars. There are many kinds of wars between states, fought for many…
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Decoupling is a strategic shift whereby states switch their focus from economic growth to economic control. Ultimately, the meaning of decoupling is…
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A mystery play in three acts. First. When the Portuguese arrived at Kilwa in the East African coast, they marvelled at the tall buildings made of coral…
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