Russia has a long history of rule by criminals. Channeling French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon’s famous dictum “property is theft,” the

But I know that ordinary Russians – having endured decades of despotism and having now lost 100,000 or more of

OXFORD – The turmoil in Russia unleashed by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group has drawn rapt attention in capitals throughout the world, but

Likewise, the US ban on exporting advanced microchips to China – a similar form of economic coercion – is unlikely to guarantee

We are living in troubled times. Too much is happening too fast. People are confused. The Columbia University economic historian

In both Russia and the West, Russian troops were expected to sweep into Kyiv, parade uniforms in hand, install a

For democratic forces, however, electoral success is only the first step. After all, it is only when an authoritarian government

Last November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, concluded on a historic high note, with the

The good news is that, according to the IPCC, “feasible, effective, and low-cost options for mitigation and adaptation are already