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Huntington’s Legacy

FRANCIS FUKUYAMA Samuel Huntington was not right about everything. Rather, his greatness lay in his ability to conceptualize big ideas in a wide variety of fields. The first in a series of three essays celebrating […]

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Blaming the People

Is democracy really the problem? By Jan-Werner Müller How many bizarre electoral outcomes does it take to shake our faith in democracy? Apparently, one is enough. Even before the presidential election last November, New York […]

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Africa’s new apartheid

The continent is doing a booming business selling diamonds, oil and coffee to China, but is it benefiting Africans? Economist Glenn Hubbard weighs in. NEW YORK (Fortune) There’s an irony afoot on the African continent. […]

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Ethiopia: Ethnic Federalism and Its Discontents

Africa Report N°1534 September 2009 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), led by its chairman and prime minister, Meles Zenawi, has radically reformed Ethiopia’s political system. The regime transformed the hitherto centralised […]

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Think before you ThinkWhat is the most dangerous belief system? The Capitalist Belief System is Killing All of UsEpistemology, Knowledge and Rational Belief:The Role of Global Doubt in the Search for KnowledgeEthnicitiesGood Ethnics, Bad Aliens:Imagining […]