On the 6th January 2021, the storming of the US Capitol Building sent political shockwaves around the world. The very foundations of one of the oldest democracies in the world had been shaken to the core, and for a nerve-racking few days it appeared as if the cornerstone principles of peace, justice and popular sovereigntyContinue reading “An Act Of Terrorism? An Examination Of The US Capitol Attack”
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Married to the Mob
In The Histories Polybius lays out a theory of anacyclosis, or a cycle of political evolution. The theory hypothesises that all states will cycle between six styles of governance (three benign and three malignant): monarchy, tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy and ochlocracy. As most Western states now operate under a democracy – even if impure –Continue reading “Married to the Mob”
Burying our Heads in the Sand: the 2003 Iraq War and the Excuse of the ‘Benefit of Hindsight’
The cacophony of war has always been part of the human condition. However, our capacity for compartmentalisation is boundless, and this ability has enabled us to commit atrocities against one another whilst detaching ourselves from any sense of blame or remorse. Through this detachment and disassociation, along with our growing distance from the past, we are ableContinue reading “Burying our Heads in the Sand: the 2003 Iraq War and the Excuse of the ‘Benefit of Hindsight’”
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