geopolitics
The Bolsheviks may have created Ukraine’s current borders, but that doesn’t mean dismantling them is good for today’s Russia.
George Washington’s biggest battle? With his dentures, made from hippo ivory and maybe slaves’ teeth
Washington first took the oath of office of the president of the United States with just one natural tooth remaining.
America’s war in Southeast Asia is fading fast from memory. These maps offer a horrific reminder.
The U.S. has the world’s largest debt in absolute terms, but Japan’s is the largest when measured in terms of its debt-to-GDP ratio.
As the demonstrations grew, so did the internet service disruptions.
One hundred years ago, a Ukrainian flag flew over Vladivostok and other parts of the “Russian” Far East.
Despite losing most of his extended family to the guillotine, Tocqueville grew up to become a fervent supporter of democratic revolution.
Since Ukraine originally meant “borderland,” the territory was already a target for several kingdoms.
The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.
The problems that Americans face are often too complex for fact-checking alone.
Some U.S. intelligence operatives have suggested foreign adversaries may be using “directed-energy” weapons against Americans.
Can space ever be safe? What about the metaverse?
Is 2022 the year the economy recovers?
The results of a recent study counter some common claims found in anti-immigration narratives.
Distinguishing fact from fiction can be tough, especially when it comes to people as controversial as Stalin.
The majority of countries are democracies. But how many people enjoy democratic rights?
Israel’s buoyant currency, coupled with increased costs for transport and groceries, saw Tel Aviv jump five places from last year.
In America, Cup Noodles has succeeded by hiding its Japanese roots.
In the most extreme cases, spiraling prices can lead to a collapse in a currency’s value.
Digital currencies are set to upend paper currencies, but it likely won’t be the decentralized utopia some hope it will be.
Society incorrectly blamed a “population bomb” for problems that had other causes. A wrong diagnosis produces ineffective solutions.
“To be ignorant of causes is to be frustrated in action.” So wrote Francis Bacon, counsel to Queen Elizabeth I of England and key architect of the scientific method. In […]
Between fake vaccine passports and targeted supply chain attacks, things are only getting more risky.
Most “irrecoverable carbon” is concentrated in these tiny bits of the Earth’s land mass. Can we keep it there?
Universal basic income can secure basic independence for citizens, something which modern states have failed to do, argues author Louise Haagh.
The insurmountable contrasts between their visions help explain Russia’s stunted development and hint at its destructive future.
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had […]
In his new book, “The Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power,” Jacob Helberg outlines the brewing cyberwar between Western democracies and autocracies like China and Russia.