The Rise of Nationalism Has Led to Increased Oppression of Minorities

August 11, 2020

We live in an era of resurgent nationalism. From Scotland to Sri Lanka, from China to Brazil, governments rely on nationalism as a source of communal identity and a vehicle for common action. In count…

How Covid-19 Could Upend Geopolitics

August 1, 2020

Opinion

I don’t trust you. Don’t take it personally. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a friend or a stranger. I don’t care about your identity or your politics, where you work or if you work, whether you wear…

The Crisis of the Nationality and the Nation State in the 21st Century

November 1, 2019

Opinion

Human settlement and public order face a grave challenge as international law is applied to rights, claims and obligation in conflict with the nation state. *** The principle of integrity of boundarie…

Why Does Pope Francis Hate Western Nationalism But Ignore the UAE’s Arab Variant?

February 14, 2019

Opinion

The Pope recently visited the UAE in what was the first time in history that a Catholic Pontiff set foot on the Arabian Peninsula, symbolically occurring in the context of an inter-religious conferenc…

Trump Understands the Important Difference Between Nationalism and Globalism

November 18, 2018

Opinion

President Macron’s protests against nationalism this weekend stand in stark contrast with the words of France’s WWII resistance leader and the man who would then become president: General Charles…

The Great Division: the Return of Nationalism

May 9, 2017

Opinion

Suddenly the world is full of leaders from Theresa May to President Erdogan of Turkey claiming to unite their countries while visibly deepening their divisions. Denunciations of supposed threats at ho…