How could we keep you waiting with bated breath? Part II is now up. Get your Part I here.
Progressive Internationalism
Regular readers of Lawyers, Guns and Money will know that I've long argued that progressivism must be internationalist in orientation. Among other reasons, contemporary kleptocracy and oligarchy is transnational character..
I've been on a self-imposed blogging hiatus so that Alex Cooley and I could complete the first draft of our book. It's now with the publisher. While it will be.
I've been arguing for some time that progressives too often have their heads in the sand about the transnational dimensions of right-wing extremism, kleptocracy, and oligarchy. This was an important theme of my recent piece in Foreign Affairs. You would think, for example, that the socialist...
I have a piece, "Toward a Neo-Progressive Foreign Policy: The Case for an Internationalist Left," at Foreign Affairs. It synthesizes some of my thoughts about what progressive foreign policy should look.
While many issues divide the progressive coalition—which I understand as an umbrella term for the center-left, left-liberals, democratic socialists, and various social-justice movements—international security and international political economy provide some.
I am, overall, very pleased with yesterday's foreign-policy speech. At its core, Sanders laid out an internationalist agenda, one that recognizes the interdependence of progressive domestic and foreign policy. He opened with a call to "broaden our understanding of what foreign policy is," and laid...
I apologize for inflicting this on you all, but I've found that blogging helps me think through ideas and questions—especially in the presence of a robust commentariat. So, without further.