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An Illiberal International? Or a World of State Power?
Emma Ashford looks at the Trump administration's early foreign policy moves as they stand in relation to clash of civilizations theory.
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The Clash of Asian Civilizations?
Zack Cooper looks at Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations and asks: Where's Asia in all of this?
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Huntington’s Prescient Warning
The Trump administration is not precisely Huntingtonian, says Alina Polyakova, and the differences matter.
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The Grim Fantasia of a Civilizational War
Paul Musgrave finds in clash of civilizations theory little more than an unseemly fantasy.
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What We Get Wrong About the Clash of Civilizations
Emma Ashford argues that a clash of civilizations is neither inevitable nor desirable.
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Complex Multi-Factorial Problems Tend Not To Have Simple Singular Causes
Yoni Freedhoff argues for balance and nuance in public health research - and messaging.
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Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence
Stephan Guyenet argues that the sugar-only hypothesis lacks the evidence required to be taken seriously.