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In this collection of dispatches, Stanislav Aseyev attempts to understand the reasons behind the success of Russian propaganda among the residents of the... Læs mere
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American law assumes that individuals are autonomous, defined by their capacity to choose, and not obligated to each other. But our... Læs mere
James Hankins challenges the view that the Renaissance was the seedbed of modern republicanism, with Machiavelli as exemplary thinker. What... Læs mere
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Many Americans fear the power of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats—the “deep state.” Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule seek to calm those fears by... Læs mere
In the bone rooms of the Smithsonian Institution and other museums in the late nineteenth century, a scientific revolution was unfolding,... Læs mere
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