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Why the son of a hated dictator won the Philippine elections

The fallout from the results As a progressive activist, I’m dismayed at the election of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. by a landslide. But as a sociologist, I can understand why. I am not referring to the malfunction, intended or non-intended, of one thousand plus voting...
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Osama and Trump

Two bookends to the downspin of an empire The end of 2021 and the beginning of a new year is a convenient time to take stock of the causes of America’s decline since this year saw both Washington’s inglorious exit from Afghanistan after 20 years in the country that...
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Richard Falk’s passage to “positive public notoriety”

The life of a citizen pilgrim Richard Falk is universally regarded as one of the top minds when it comes to international law. Yet his views1 are not only not welcome in establishment circles, but even among most left-leaning liberals. He was once the darling of...
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Nation-building

The march of an illusion from the Philippines to Afghanistan In one of his interviews before the Taliban walkover, John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, blamed the American failure in Afghanistan on a change in Washington’s mission from anti-terrorism...
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