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Bottom Billion
A talk by Paul Collier to TED. A few pieces I just want to highlight. 1)The difference between democracy and liberalism (in the classical sense). Collier describes this (not altogether helpfully … more →
Indistinct Union
Bottom Billion
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cjsmith wrote 2 weeks ago: A talk by Paul Collier to TED. A few pieces I just want to highlight. 1)The difference between de … more →
Skypecast: Obamanomics (Audio Content)
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cjsmith wrote 1 month ago: Click here for Skypecast: Obamanomics – Highlights of this episode include: discussion of Ob … more →
Shockingly Progressive Friedmanism
cjsmith wrote 1 month ago: Scott is reading the Shock Doctrine and makes an extremely important point: My biggest gripe is not … more →
The Spiral in Palestine
cjsmith wrote 2 months ago: Now in the street there is violence And a lots of work to be done No place to hang out our washin … more →
Palestinian Civil Society Building
cjsmith wrote 2 months ago: Strong piece by Natan Sharansky and Bassem Eid in the WSJ op-ed pages today. The title (unfortunat … more →
Update to Site
cjsmith wrote 2 months ago: [Photo Courtesy Flickr poster nzdave via Creative Commons License]. A new widget on the column to t … more →
Noah Feldman on BookTV
cjsmith wrote 2 months ago: The Link. Discussing his new book The Rise and Fall of the Islamic State. I’ve discussed Feld … more →
Don Beck on Afghanistan (and Stratified Democracy)
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cjsmith wrote 2 months ago: [Edit note: On the terminology of Spiral Dynamics, i.e. colors and their meanings, see here]. Surfin … more →
Obama's Berlin Speech
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cjsmith wrote 2 months ago: The full text of the speech is here. My general sense is that it was a (somewhat) interesting failur … more →
Chinese Intellectuals
cjsmith wrote 3 months ago: Video discussion on ForeignExchange with Mark Leonard, author of the new book What Does China Think … more →
Shock Doctrine Video
cjsmith wrote 3 months ago: In this earlier Iraq post I referenced Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine. The video below which w … more →
Mind Blowing Factoid of the Day
cjsmith wrote 3 months ago: Photo here. Thus the average person in the world of 1800 was no better off than the average person … more →
Jus Post Bellum
cjsmith wrote 3 months ago: Jean Bethke Elshtain, Prof. at University of Chicago Divinity School, has an intriguing (but I think … more →
The Post American World
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cjsmith wrote 3 months ago: I’m not a fan of book titles that begin with the word The. A postmodern trick often helpful … more →
Obama's Latin American Speech
cjsmith wrote 4 months ago: Since I’m here, thought I’d give it a summary. Speech can be read here. George W.’ … more →
Response to Scott on Obama
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cjsmith wrote 5 months ago: Friend of Indistinct Union, Politics of Scrabble, has this to say after watching Obama’s victo … more →
luttwak and ayittey on africa
cjsmith wrote 5 months ago: Link here to Event Let Failing Africa Collapse. Edward Luttwak and George Ayittey (my favorite theor … more →
Russia Re-orthodoxizing
cjsmith wrote 5 months ago: Story from the NyTimes on how Russia is turning the Russian Orthodox Church into the de facto state … more →
Post-colonialist theory as opium
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cjsmith wrote 6 months ago: So argue-eth Ali Eteraz. Take a look, it’s worth the read. Post-colonial theory grew out of t … more →
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