Getting the Insight Out
It is often the case that in discussions of political theory that a thought experiment or hypothetical scenario can assist in the analysis of a concept. The following thought experiment More
Many philosophers have their own interpretations of the state of nature and the true nature of mankind. Hobbes depicts one of the first accounts of the state of nature and More
Adam Smith is one of the founding figures of capitalism. As such, it is often falsely derived that he was a staunch defender of the free market and small government. More
Last April the Washington Post published an article titled “How Justin Trudeau is sacrificing science in the name of aboriginal peace,” penned by J.J. McCullough. The article contends that Trudeau’s More
Anarchy is a commonly accepted characterization of international relations in political theory. Realist and neorealist thinkers adopt the premise that anarchy is fundamental and consequential. Waltz, in his influential Theory More
Fifty years ago, Isaiah Berlin made an important contribution to the field of political theory with his speech “Two Concepts of Liberty” where he distinguished between positive and negative liberty. More
International law, as elaborated by classical thinkers such as Francisco de Vitoria, was developed at the same time as the conquest of the Americas by the Spaniards. Vitoria specifically developed More
In common discourse, surveillance and privacy tend to be used as catch-all terms. However, when they are unqualified, these concepts are so abstract they become alienating on an analytical level. More
Perhaps one of the most defining moments in politics in the Middle East last year was the 2017 Presidential election in Iran, which was followed by a series of protests More
The 2018 Russian Presidential Elections seems to confirm what political theorists since Montesquieu have claimed concerning the country: Russia is a despotism, and that situation is unlikely to change anytime More