Russia is no longer merely an authoritarian state. It is a security-service regime whose governing philosophy is coercion – at home through repression, and abroad...
Every generation believes that it is living in an unprecedented era with unique challenges. But time and again, the same patterns and motivations have weakened...
With the United States unhinged, China increasingly authoritarian, and Russia in full Dr. Evil mode, the world desperately needs a good guy to believe in. There...
In a 2022 paper, I introduced an allegory I called the Incarceration Game – an academic exercise that explores how authoritarian leaders, when their popularity...
There is nothing new about prominent people – in particular, ambitious men – campaigning for a Nobel prize. Scientists, economists, and even poets do it. But...
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