When I wrote my book on war, I avoided ongoing conflicts because I didn’t want the book to be dated the moment it came out.
The work habits of June Huh, recipient of the most recent Fields medal for mathematics: On any given day, Huh does about three hours of
1. Scam of the day (Indian cricket edition): “I have never seen a scam like this. These guys just cleared a patch of land deep
That’s the title of my feature with RealClearDefense, published this weekend. Full text follows here. The Biden administration has worked hard to keep Russia from treating America
Between 1998 and 2003, Ksenia Yudaeva and Konstantin Sonin were colleagues, first at the Russian-European Center for Economic Policy and then at the Center for
In 2016, democracy rating organizations began downgrading the United States, some scoring American institutions below that of El Salvador, then Nigeria, then Iraq. Then, following the
Behavioral Scientist recommends Why We FIght
I’ll be spending this month and the fall presenting Why We Fight to security, development, humanitarian, and government agencies. If you’re a member of any
An incremental way to peace despite Putin and the persistence of war, by Michael S. Neiberg
Last week I wrote a long thread about whether and why China would invade Taiwan: Will China invade Taiwan? Did Biden’s remarks today make war
It’s easy to see the war in Ukraine as a sign of an inescapably violent world. But if the future looks bleak, perhaps that’s because
One June 2, 11am-12pm EDT, the U.S. Institute of Peace is hosting an online conversation between me and Raj Kumar, head of DevEx about Why
More than half the world lives in cities, and a lot of those cities (especially those in the Americas) are plagued with homicides and crime.
1. I am loving Tradle (guess the country by its exports–this one took me 5 tries) 2. Clive Thompson’s writing advice: getting a first
If you’ve enjoyed the posts, the links, and the advice columns over the years, I have a request. Those of you who have gotten my
Dmitri Alperovitch asks how Ukraine will pay for its war if it cannot export in this thread: Let’s talk about the state of the war
1. Elton John singing Crocodile Rock on The Muppets (1972) and William Shatner performing a spoken word Rocketman 2. An excerpt from Deer Man,
How long will the Russian war in Ukraine continue? The Russian aggression has no end in sight and so Ukraine should prepare for a war
I’ll be organizing events in more cities, but in the meantime I’d invite you to join in person or online the following events. If you’d
The verdict is in: Russia invaded Ukraine for two reasons. One is Moscow’s obsessive pursuit of nationalist and imperial ambitions—unifying the two countries and eliminating
This New York Times article on Gerhard Schröder’s entanglements with Russia and Putin is justifiably gaining attention. It’s a good piece. I still remember Tyler
