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Since its first issue in 2004, n+1 has been committed to publishing clear-eyed writing about the endless and ongoing war on terror. This week, as the US presence in Afghanistan comes to some kind of end, we’re looking back at pieces from the archives about the origins, consequences, and failures o...

✕ ✕ Common migration routes from East Africa to Europe. Route information adapted from the International Organization for Migration, August 2015, by Colin Kinniburgh. Countries party to the Khartoum process are shaded in orange (note: not all shown on this map). ✕ At the 1936 International Conference of Business Cycle Institutes, sponsored by the Austrian Institute for Business Cycle Research, Vienna. Ludwig von Mises is seated in the ...

Her government adopted ecocidal policies that contributed to the horrific fires of 2019–20. It repealed the  Yet, somehow, Berejiklian remains popular. Undoubtedly there are a myriad of reasons for this including media bias and her lauded handling of COVID-19. But, another factor is the way that Berejiklian uses identity politics, framing herself both as a progressive but also as evidence of progress. In this, she follows the playbook of United States President Barrack Obama. In a recent p...

February 17, 2021 ArtSci Roundup: Katz Distinguished Lecture: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Contemporary Environmental Issues In Taiwan, Global Perspectives on Restorative Justice & Race, and More During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.  Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff,...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Daniel Alan Baker was arrested by the FBI on January 15 for “threatening the use of violence.” A veteran of both the US military and the People’s Protection Units in Rojava, Baker is a committed lef...

The violent, anti-democratic attack on the Capitol doesn’t fit the technical definition of a coup even though the president incited and encouraged it. That matters, experts say, because different actions are required to prevent this type of attack from harming democracy. A coup is an illegal attempt to take power through force or the threat of force, usually involving at least a faction of the military or formal security forces, though sometimes they are backed by paramilitaries or other arme...

The Trailer: Whats next for the Republican Party David Weigel In this edition: The GOPs 2022 comeback, the final polls of the Trump presidency and the first special election of the year gets underway. Filing late to our editors to make sure its the final newsletter of the Trump era: This is The Trailer. © David Crigger/AP Members of the Southwest Virginia Tea Party gathered in Abingdon, Va., on Jan. 6 to show their support for President Trump. (David Crigger/Bristol Her...

Sociology of the Siege January 20, 2021 Since the January 6 Assault on Capitol Hill, scholars, reporters, and politicians have tried to make sense of the violent insurrection. Many draw from fundamental sociological lessons to make sense of violence, place it in historical context, and help readers navigate the ongoing political turmoil. (A collection of posts from recent years on Contexts captures this potential.)  Sociology offers theories and methodologies that are useful in ana...

Subject: The Review: Fascism and a Chat With Samuel Moyn “Go home. We love you. You’re very special.” President Trump’s message to the rioters who stormed the Capitol building on January 6 might double as a particularly pathetic bit of motivational self-talk. Previously inflamed by Trump, the perpetrators of the riot (Insurrection? Coup attempt?) didn’t listen, though by that evening the Capitol had been secured. As of this writing, Trump has still not gone home (Mar-a-Lago?), but th...

Illustration by Adrià Fruitós. There is a story that Washington policy-makers like to tell about America’s relationship with China, a narrative of the betrayal of naive hopes that is closer to a fairy tale than a sober analysis of history. The fable goes something like this: Once upon a time, there was a hermit kingdom called China, poor, angry, and isolated. Two visionary statesmen, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, visited this unhappy land and opened it up to the world. With diplomacy ...