World History Threads

Meet a Gen Z Progressive

What a Mamdani supporter really thinks

Aug 8 • Samson Cain

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What the New Right Actually Believes

I interviewed an Ivy League student who identifies as a conservative nationalist

Aug 4 • Samson Cain

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July 2026

Making Sense of Gen Z Politics: How Young America Thinks

Why the traditional Left-Right spectrum no Longer explains Gen Z

Jul 19 • Samson Cain

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The Castaway Who Helped Open Japan

The story of the samurai interpreter who negotiated for the Shogunate

Jul 5 • Keinosuke Kobayashi

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June 2026

Democracy and the Erosion of Its Own Liberal Constraints

Many people ask, is democracy in crisis?

Jun 7 • Fredric Tiberius K. Chung

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May 2026

A Realist Argument Against the Vietnam War

Why Realism is not the perpetrator of the failures in Vietnam

May 25 • The World of Geopolitics

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The Danger of AI Is Clear: Control May Be Impossible

Dangerous by design? The unresolved question of AI regulation

May 10 • Alexander Chung

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Re-Examining Russell's Claim on Rousseau, Locke, and Their Political Heirs

According to Bertrand Russell, “Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau; Roosevelt and Churchill of Locke.” To what extent was he correct?

May 4 • Fredric Tiberius K. Chung

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April 2026

The Major Richard Star Act

Today's veterans are penalized financially for the very injuries they sustained in service

Apr 30 • Samson Cain

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The Influence of Left Internationalism in the 1968 Columbia Protests

An analysis of language and rhetoric

Apr 18 • Samson Cain

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March 2026

The Age of Fluid Alliances

Why realist foreign policy is here to stay and what the future of the international system may hold

Mar 15 • The World of Geopolitics

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February 2026

Democracy is not a Doctrine

The strategic limits of exporting democracy

Feb 13 • The World of Geopolitics

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