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An Existential Struggle: Truth versus Shadow in World Politics

This essay draws on Plato's allegory of the cave to examine how national leaders mistake political "shadow" for underlying truth, with dangerous consequences amid rising nuclear risk. Centering on the interlocking concepts of shadow, time, and truth, it argues that the promise of "power over death"-secular immortality granted through loyalty to the state-has long anchored citizens' attachment to sovereignty and nationalism, from Hobbes and Hegel to the current US-Israel war against Iran. Tracing how Trump-era anti-intellectualism and doctrinal unreason accelerate this danger, the piece calls for renewed philosophical seriousness so that world politics can distinguish authentic truth from deflecting shadow and become genuinely survivable.

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Gender, Militarization, and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces: A Conversation with Remi Kodamaya

This piece offers an in-depth account of a conversation with Dr. Remi Kodamaya, postdoctoral researcher at Hitotsubashi University and…
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MP Materials, which operates this rare-earth open-pit mine in Mountain Pass, California, is one of 10 US companies added to China's export control list [File: Steve Marcus/Reuters]

China – the New Hegemon in Technology and International Trade – not so benign after all.

China dominates the global rare earth elements (REE) supply chain-from reserves and mining to processing and manufacturing-through…
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Coercion Capital: Kyilah Terry’s Research into Belarus’s Migrant Recruitment Policies and Authoritarian Mobility Management (AMM)

This article comes out of a discussion between author Alena Shalaby and University of Pennsylvania Political Science PhD candidate…
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A coalition of farmworkers, advocates, industry growers, nonprofits and California’s ICE raid Rapid Response network spotlight the impacts of escalated workplace raids at a press conference in Santa Maria on Thursday, June 12. (Courtesy: Central Coast Alliance for a United Economy)

The Impact of Intergenerational Organizing Histories: Resisting ICE Raids and Mass Deportations on the Central Coast of California

On July 10, 2025, ICE agents raided cannabis farms in Carpinteria and Camarillo, detaining over 300 farmworkers and killing one man…
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