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Debating Greenland: Critics, Context, and the Arctic Future
Some Arctic scholars tend to talk almost exclusively about the North’s historical traumas, but doing so to the exclusion of the North’s…
Does Free Speech Have a Future?
About the book The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression by Richard Moon, published by University of Toronto Press…
After Venezuela: Trump Advances on Greenland
Like a North Atlantic iceberg, Greenland had drifted off the global media’s radar in recent months, as other places and events dominated headlines, from the festering military conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, to the new year’s showdown in Venezuela.
Project 2025: Authoritarian Agenda Disguised as Reform
The Heritage Foundation’s 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” lays out a coordinated effort to restructure federal governance by consolidating executive power and reshaping institutional norms along partisan lines.
Citizens United: Impact of Wealthy Donors and Dark Money
The effectiveness of legislative efforts to curb dark money, the role of…
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Is the US Using Beijing’s Authoritarian Playbook?
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Debating Greenland: Critics, Context, and the Arctic Future
This third and final part examines the reception of Barry Scott Zellen’s work, addressing criticism, questions of interpretation, and the…
On the Religious Politics of American Borders
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