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The New York Times bestseller “A clear and concise account of the history, diplomacy, economics, and societal forces that have molded the modern global system.” —Foreign Affairs An invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help anyone...

In this eye-opening book, Matthew Rose introduces us to one of the most controversial intellectual movements of the 20th century, the "radical right", and discusses its adherents' different attempts to imagine political societies after the death or decline of liberalism. Questioning democracy's most basic norms and practices, these critics rejected ideas about human equality, minority rights, religious toleration, and cultural pluralism not out of implicit biases, but out of explicit principle.

Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push France, Turkey, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to the top of international concerns? Most countries and companies are not prepared for the world Peter Zeihan...

On January 12, 2010, a major earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of people died, and the greater part of the capital was demolished. Dr. Paul Farmer, U.N. deputy special envoy to Haiti, who had worked in the country for nearly thirty years treating infectious diseases like tuberculosis and AIDS, and former President Bill Clinton, the U.N. special envoy to Haiti, had just begun to work on an extensive development plan to improve living conditions in Haiti.

Prominent Latin American historian John Charles Chasteen provides a concise history of the world, in which he explores the origins and persistence of the timeless phenomena of humanity's inhumanity to itself. Where did it come from? Why has it been so prevalent throughout our history? And, most importantly, can we overcome it? Chasteen argues that to do so, we must understand our shared past.

The death toll in Gaza continues to rise―a cold, lifeless number representing entire communities crushed under the weight of settler colonialism. What remains of the theories we use to understand our world? With lyrical and lucid fury, Hamid Dabashi exposes the racist roots of Western philosophy, demanding that listeners overcome its pernicious phantom of relevance. Rather than perceiving "the West" as giving carte blanche to Israel, Dabashi insists that Israel must be understood as its quintessence.

In this compelling, behind-the-scenes account, former top CIA officer and Cuba expert Brian Latell examines the extraordinary Castro brothers and the impending dynastic succession of Fidel's younger brother, Raul. Exploring the brothers' remarkable relationship, he reveals how Fidel and Raul have collaborated, divided responsibilities, and resolved disagreements for more than 46 years, a challenge to the notion that the little-known Raul has been an insignificant player.

In her latest forays into the American scene, Joan Didion covers ground from Washington to Los Angeles, from a TV producer's gargantuan "manor" to the racial battlefields of New York's criminal courts. At each stop she uncovers the mythic narratives that elude other observers: Didion tells us about the fantasies the media construct around crime victims and presidential candidates; she gives us new interpretations of the stories of Nancy Reagan and Patty Hearst; she charts America's rollercoaster ride through evanescent booms and hard times that won't go away.

In his 1992 best-selling book The End of History and the Last Man, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama argued that the dominance of liberal democracy marked the end of humanity's political and ideological development. Thirty years later, with populism on the rise and the number of liberal democracies decreasing worldwide, Fukuyama revisits his classic thesis. A series of in-depth interviews between Fukuyama and editor Mathilde Fasting, After the End of History offers a wide-ranging analysis of liberal democracy today.

A bold and urgent perspective on how American foreign policy must change in response to the shifting world order of the twenty-first century, from Andrew J. Bacevich, the New York Times bestselling author of The Limits of Power and The Age of Illusions. The purpose of U.S. foreign policy has, at...

Socialism was man's most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine claiming to ground itself in "science". Each failure to create societies of abundance or give birth to "the New Man" inspired more searching for the path to the promised land: revolution, communes, social democracy, communism, fascism, Arab socialism, African socialism. None worked, and some exacted a staggering human toll. Then, after two centuries of wishful thinking and bitter disappointment, socialism imploded in a fin de siecle drama of falling walls and collapsing regimes.

"After Nuclear Test, South Korea Urges China to Rein in North" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Oregon Protesters Urged to Leave after Ammon Bundy Arrest" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Turkewitz, Kirk Johnson and Richard Pérez Peña and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Taiwan Families Receive Goodbye Letters Decades After Executions" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Mozur and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Christie Plans to Drop out after New Hampshire Flop
" is from the US section of The New York Times. It was written by Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Iran and Saudi Arabia Exchange Heated Words After Execution of Shiite Cleric" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ben Hubbard, Thomas Erdbrink and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"6 Hospitalized, One of Them Brain-Dead, after Drug Trial in France" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Sewell Chan and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Guantánamo Population Drops to 93 after 10 Prisoners Go to Oman" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Charlie Savage and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran After Prisoner Exchange" is from the US section of The New York Times. It was written by Peter Baker, David E. Sanger, Rick Gladstone and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Panning for truth has always been a human pastime, since the ancient Greek philosophers started to think about the world around them to our modern world, having a good old think about life and the world around us helps make sense of the current state of the world. So lets have a converwaffle and chew over current popular beliefs and ideologies and see if we can make some sense out of them. xandman.substack.com