The rise of right-wing politics in Europe is a serious concern to liberal society. John Siadhail has written an essay on the right of right-wing politics in Britain, and the essay outlines the roots of the movement in the 21st century. In many respects, the right-wing movement resonates strongly with that of the 20th century, but there are some important differences.
There has been a paper circulating on the internet that suggests that the US is ruled by an oligarchy and is not the democracy it claims to be. The paper is suggestive, but after reading and re-reading it, I am skeptical that the evidence in the paper truly supports such a broad conclusion. John Cassidy of the New Yorker has written a great essay assessing the claims of the paper, and offers some worthwhile insights on how to interpret the claims of the paper.
We have solid evidence on how rapidly military tensions between China and Japan are escalating over territorial disputes. The chart below is disturbing–at some point there will likely be some misunderstanding about the intentions of a particular scramble.
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