The convention is so much kabuki theater, but a few minutes ago the Democrats nominated the first African-American major-party candidate for President of the United States... on a motion by a woman who nearly became the first female major-party candidate for President...
A lot of people are buzzing about Michael Totten's report on Georgia, in which he claims to have discovered the real truth about the outbreak of the war: Tblisi launched a preemptive attack in the...
I want to disagree with Dan (who is very insightful in these matters) slightly here. I want to more strongly disagree with all the talking heads on CNN (who are not as smart as Dan), who have been...
Clinton gave a great speech. Lots of commentators say that it hurt the Republicans. But they're wrong; this was a tactical victory, not a strategic one.The Republicans won the last two days... the...
What you are looking at is Wordle's representation of 282 survey answers to the following question: "Name three or more specific issues that come to your mind when you think of human security today. An issue means something that human security specialists are actively concerned about."The survey was disseminated this summer to 6,000 individuals who subscribe to mailing lists of "hubs" in the human security network such as the Liu Institute, as part of an ongoing NSF-funded research project on agenda-setting within transnational networks. This is an interesting first stab at developing an...