Islam & Liberty

There is a clash in the world today, and it’s not between cultures but within them. Between those of us — everywhere — who want to coexist…

Between power and politics, power is the ability to have things done and politics is the ability to decide which things are to be done…

The tides of authoritarianism are rising. The worst way to resist injustice is through violence — so how should we fight back?

What were you doing when you heard that Trump won?

The world has changed fast. Very fast.

“In a liquid modern life there are no permanent bonds, and any that we take up for a time must be tied loosely so that they can be untied…

A single graph can be worth a thousand words.

Ethnic nationalism once energized and ordered the world. It championed a state model that emphasized the sovereignty of the pure “nation”…

The trends we’re describing have converged at a time of notable failure across an entire political spectrum. While this played out very…

It is difficult to envision what globalization would be without the internet. It erased borders, democratized access to information, and…

With so many powerful trends tugging at it, the world order was bound to rip. And it ripped first, fastest, and deepest in the Middle East.

It is no wonder that the authoritarians are winning — they are riding not just one wave, but several. Rapid global change that seems beyond…