The Best of Web 2018
Has a New Cold War Really Begun?
by Odd Arne Westad
Contemporary politics is full of false analogies, and the return of the Cold War seems to be one of them.
The United States' Perpetual War in Afghanistan
by Tanisha M. Fazal and Sarah Kreps
Public anger at home pulled the United States out of Vietnam, but the public’s indifference about the intervention in Afghanistan has allowed the United States' longest war to drag on.
Reeducation Returns to China
by Adrian Zenz
It is possible to see how reeducation drive in Xinjiang could end up influencing China’s social credit system: those who end up falling below a certain score could be required to undergo reeducation treatments to greater or lesser degrees.
How Artificial Intelligence Will Reshape the Global Order
by Nicholas Wright
AI will create a new global competition between technological authoritarianism and liberal democracy.
The Remarkable Scale of Turkey's "Global Purge"
by Nate Schenkkan
Turkey's “global purge,” which mirrors the effort after the coup attempt to rid Turkey’s domestic institutions of anyone associated with Gulen, is remarkable in its speed, scale, and aggression.
How Sharp Power Threatens Soft Power
by Joseph S. Nye Jr.
Democratic governments should not overreact to sharp power in ways that undercut their true advantage, which comes from soft power.