21 Sep, 2020
World Federalism Now
“Seventy-five years ago next month, nations came together to take the great leap of creating the United Nations…” Peter Orvetti...
5 Apr, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic, Like Other Global Catastrophes, Reveals the Limitations of Nationalism
“We live with a profound paradox. Our lives are powerfully affected by worldwide economic, communications, transportation, food supply, and entertainment...
19 Feb, 2020
The paradox of climate security
“If there’s anything that’s going to shatter national borders and force humanity to reorganize itself, it’s climate change…” Robert C....
26 Jan, 2020
Could the climate crisis be “The Good News of Damnation”?
“On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single atomic bomb,...
22 Jan, 2019
Football Is My Guilty Pleasure
“As a man who prides himself on eschewing violent, hyper-masculine pastimes, I still find it very difficult to give up...
3 Jan, 2018
The button, the wall and the myth of nations
““Mr. Kim may be partly motivated by an intense need to roll back sanctions that, by all accounts, have begun...
17 Sep, 2017
World Citizenship Is More Popular Than You Might Think
“Has nationalism captured the hearts and minds of the world’s people? It certainly seems to have emerged as a powerful...
22 Jan, 2017
Trump’s America—and Ours
“Abraham Lincoln once said: “My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen...
1 Sep, 2016
Reflections on the Anthropocene
“This is a little too big to simply call “news.” Indeed, I can’t move beyond these words — especially that...