Showing results for "Collapse" in Political Science

The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 to end all traffic between the city’s two halves: the democratic west and the communist east. The iconic symbol of a divided Europe, the Wall became a focus of western political pressure on East Germany; as Ronald Reagan’s famously said in a 1987 speech in Berlin, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

Is the world heading for a cliff? Why are the challenges we face in the US so similar to what they are facing throughout Europe, Canada, and Australia, including mass migration, rising crime, and the soaring cost of food, housing, energy, and medical care? Why are the banking and financial systems worldwide teetering on the brink of insolvency? Why is freedom declining, privacy being eliminated, and heavy handed government on the rise in the freedom loving countries of the Western world? Why is so much unrest being fomented? Is there a master plan behind it all? I'm convinced the evidence is ...

من لم يندهش عندما شاهد المعابد المهجورة في أنغكور وات أو مدن المايا التي تلفها الأدغال، ويتساءل: "هل يمكن أن نلقى المصير نفسه؟". في هذا الكتاب المثير للاهتمام، يتحرّى جارد دياموند ـــ الذي أحدث كتابه (أسلحة وجراثيم وفولاذ) ثورة في فهمنا للتاريخ ـــ كيف أن استعمال

The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought, and the disaster now known as the Great Collapse of 2093. Dramatizing science in ways traditional nonfiction cannot, The Collapse of Western Civilization reasserts the importance of scientists and the work they do, providing a welcome moment of clarity amid the cacophony of climate-change literature.

Respected conservative journalist and commentator Timothy P. Carney continues the conversation begun with Hillbilly Elegy and the classic Bowling Alone in this hard-hitting analysis that identifies the true factor behind the decline of the American dream: it is not purely the result of economics...

Part of the Mark and Pete Podcasts under Utter Piffle, Narrative Collapse is hosted by Peter and dedicated to tearing down the lies of the mainstream and uncovering the truth they don’t want you to hear. From woke ideology to government deception, fake science to historical cover-ups, we cut through the propaganda and challenge the official story. Each episode, we dismantle the false narratives shaping society—whether it’s the hoax of global warming, the real story behind 9/11, the lies about COVID, or the truth about the Ukraine war. We expose how the elite manipulate public perception,...

The window between two equally stifling autocracies - the imperial family and the communists - was open only briefly, in the last couple of years of the 19th century until the end of WWI, by which time the revolution was in full fury. From the last years of Tolstoy until the death of the Tsar and his family, however, Russia experimented with liberalism and cultural openness. Novelists and playwrights blossomed and political ideas were swapped in coffee houses.

In his blockbuster new book Rollback, New York Times best-selling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr., offers the first critical analysis of the 2010 midterm elections and answers the number-one question on conservatives’ minds: How do we roll back the liberal policies and big government programs that Obama/Pelosi/Reid rushed through Congress before the midterms?

What just happened, and how did we get into this mess? Since 2016, the UK has been in a crisis of its own making. This is not the fault of Brexit but of a larger problem of our politics. The status of political parties, the mainstream media, public experts and officials have all been disrupted. Along the way, there have been shocking and exhilarating events: the unforeseen 2017 election result, the horrific details of Grenfell Tower and the Windrush scandal, the sudden rise and fall of the Brexit Party.

America has a God-shaped hole in its heart, argues New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro, and we shouldn't fill it with politics and hate. In 2016, Ben Shapiro spoke at UC Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required from 10 UC campuses across the state to protect his speech...