Analysis|04 Oct 2026|Political Science
From Dissatisfaction To Political Change: How To Reverse Societal Decline
We want political change because we are dissatisfied with politics. But are we willing to stop…
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Essentials|30 Aug 2026|Society
Social Interaction Overload and Political Participation
Social interaction overload describes a condition in which the volume of mediated communication a person receives exceeds the capacity to process it, and in which the obligations attached to a large n
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Essentials|23 Aug 2026|Political Science
The Concept of Genocide: Definition, Debate and Application
Few terms carry the weight of genocide. It names what is widely regarded as the gravest crime in international law, and its application to a set of events changes how those events are understood, reme
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Essentials|16 Aug 2026|Economy
The Free Trade Agreement: How It Functions and What It Does
A free trade agreement (hereinafter: FTA) is a treaty between two or more parties that reduces or removes barriers to commerce between them while leaving each party free to set its own trade policy to
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Analysis|09 Aug 2026|Political Science
The Fragile Human: Why It Is So Difficult To Maintain Stable Human Organisation.
Many companies failed, families fell apart and many more examples of failed human organisations can be found throughout history, but also on an everyday basis.
Essentials|02 Aug 2026|Economy
The Industrial Revolution: History and Interpretations
The industrial revolution refers to the transformation of production, work and social organisation that began in Great Britain in the second half of the eighteenth century and spread over the followin
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Essentials|26 Jul 2026|Political Science
Realism and Liberalism in International Relations
Realism and liberalism are the two theoretical traditions that have shaped the academic study of international relations more than any others. Each offers an account of why states behave as they do, w
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Originals|28 Jun 2026|Political Science
This Time It Is Different: Civilisational Life Cycles, Societal Decline And Renewal
In this article, we are examining the global society life cycle and how the current societal decline is to be understood in this context.
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Analysis|21 Jun 2026|Domestic Politics
The Cultural Revolution in China, 1966–1976
The cultural revolution was a political movement in the People's Republic of China that lasted, by the official reckoning later adopted by the Chinese state, from 1966 until 1976. Its full name in the
Essentials|14 Jun 2026|Society
The Global History of International Law
International law is the body of rules and principles that governs the conduct of states and, increasingly, of international organisations and individuals in their relations with one another. Unlike t
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Essentials|31 May 2026|Foreign Policy
Game Theory in Political Science
This article explains the origins of game theory, sets out its central concepts and surveys the ways in which it has been applied to the study of political life.
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Essentials|24 May 2026|Society
The Monroe Doctrine
On 2 December 1823, President James Monroe delivered his seventh annual message to the Congress of the United States of America (hereinafter USA). Buried within a long routine address — much of it con
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Analysis|03 May 2026|Society
The Problem Of Communism
The idea of communism is now a little less than 200 years old, and since then, it has had a remarkable history. It is one of the fastest proliferated ideologies in political history. More interestingl
Analysis|26 Apr 2026|Economy
Meso-Level Capitalism: A Conceptual Introduction
Societal behaviour is shaped by the structures that limit and incentivise behaviour; this is one of the cornerstones of our political approach. However, structures are neither static nor did they aris
Analysis|12 Apr 2026|Society
What Can Türkiye Do?
Continuing with the last work in our five-article series on the current war on Iran, we are adopting the strategic lens of Türkiye. In this article, we put ourselves in the position of the Turkish sta
Analysis|05 Apr 2026|Society
What Can Arabia Do?
Continuing with the fourth work in our five-article series on the current war on Iran, we are adopting the strategic lens of Arabia, defined as the whole of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Sa
Analysis|29 Mar 2026|Society
What Can The USA Do?
Although the USA are positioned very prominently in this war, their involvement in this war is completely optional from a societal perspective.
Analysis|15 Mar 2026|Society
What Can Israel Do?
Continuing with the second work in our five-article series on the current war on Iran, we are adopting the strategic lens of Israel. In this article, we put ourselves in the position of the Jewish sta
