One measure of a great power is the ability to export its culture around the world. I don’t mean the… READ MORE
In 1959 Hannah Arendt wrote a controversial article for Dissent in which she questioned the morality of placing children on the vanguard… READ MORE
I’m happy to share my latest deep dive into Russian propaganda for Agenda Global and the International Policy Digest. READ MORE
In the first part of this post I dismantled the consensus definition of propaganda, arguing that in part and in… READ MORE
The Origins of Propaganda (Part One) The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum held an exhibition titled “State of Deception:… READ MORE
The State Department’s employee evaluation process is worse than terrible. It is no better than a gamble. Consider this career… READ MORE
Carla Power’s Pulitizer Prize-shortlisted If the Oceans Were Ink, an outsider’s meditation on The Holy Qur’an with the help of a learned… READ MORE
Not far outside Paris stands one of the many monuments to the almost innumerable dead of World War I. This one… READ MORE
Author, critic, translator, former NATO International Staff, ex-diplomat
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