Political Science
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James Burnham Thread 🧵 The Machiavellians (1943) by Burnham nails the world we live in 70+ years ago, Burnham saw that democracy is impossible The masses are destined to be rule...
Would you have passed the exam to become a Foreign Office clerk in 1876? Here’s the Constitutional History of England paper. You have three hours. https://t.co/AvVuoIHarS
Russia has become a totalitarian society. Public opinion does not matter. It's all about complacency.
Hi ! I'm sharing the books and resources I consulted for CSS: *ESSAY* -Youtube for understanding structures -Newspaper editorials & Opinion Pieces -National Journals : IPRI & PI...
*Seats Open* 9/11: History 2986: Research Colloquium Mondays 10:30-1:20 This third-year colloquium explores the history of the events of September 11, 2001 and the way they shaped...
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE UKRAINE CRISIS: CREATING A NEUTRAL UKRAINE: (Thread) Prof. John Mearsheimer puts forward his proposition of dealing with the Ukraine situation by creatin...
THREAD ⚡🕉️⚡ on explaining Why Israel 🇮🇱 is Client state of US/West, with more Sovereignty and Slightly independent foreign policy. We'll also look at the reasons for slightly more...
No single concept explains the past 200 years of human history better than Marx’s theory of the 'tendency of the rate of profit to fall' (TRPF). But how does this simple tendency...
According to Bakker, the Aulīkara's association with Pāśupata Śaivism was not just a case of personal devotion, but also symbolized their resistance to the Hūṇas, who had overran m...
One common ? RE: Western sanctions is: How will the Russian public react? If sanctions are costly, won’t this turn Russian public opinion against Putin? Political scientists studyi...
A thread with excerpts from The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell: https://t.co/Q49xn864M4
How do libertarians ward off tyrants without a strong state? The answer is Bitcoin. Because it is stronger than any state. War is expensive. If an aspiring Tamerlane can’t seize...
Anyone looking to understand Putin's motives should read the Kennan Long Telegram, sent in 1946 by George Kennan detailing the outlook of Soviet leaders, which remains highly relev...
It is regrettable that many Western commentators repeated Putin’s narrative that the problem came from an aggressive NATO expansion aimed at encircling Russia. Time for a reset of...
51% democracy vs ~100% democracy In a 51% democracy you just barely pass the bar, and then assume all will do as you say. They won't. The ideal is actually a ~100% democracy. An...
"The Iron Law of Oligarchy asserts that rule by an elite, or oligarchy, is inevitable as an 'iron law' within any democratic organization as part of the 'tactical and technical nec...
As a comparative political scientist/sociologist, I’ve always found IR a problematic discipline: IR theories involve a lot of ideology. In an excellent thread, @mcfaul acknowledge...
"Preference Falsification is the act of communicating a preference that differs from one's true preference. The public frequently [lies], especially to researchers or pollsters, be...
Countries connected to their biggest trading partner (exports + imports) in 2020. China dominates now, but the picture was very different only a decade ago - earlier years in 🧵 #da...
Imam Ibn al Qayyim Rahimahullahu Ta'ala said; ❝Reflect upon the wisdom of The Exalted in making the kings of the servants, their leaders, and their rulers to be from the same sp...
Did you know that Stalin is directly responsible for the death of over 3 million Jews? Or that he was planning to kill off the rest of Soviet Jewry but was prevented by his prematu...
1/ There are two types of Western imperialism: i) Old school, European-style imperialism (a.k.a. colonisation) ii) New and improved, American-style imperialism (a.k.a. Liberal D...
Fixating on the unknowable transforms analysis into mythology. We tell ourselves stories about the unobservable parts of the world and reinterpret everything we actually can observ...
1/ The premise of John Mearsheimer’s China containment strategy is based upon the erroneous assumption that China would seek global hegemony like the U.S. It shows that America’...