DX – Kavin Selva Will the tariff truce last between the United States and China? First Thoughts – I know that the trade war between the United States started roughly halfway through Trump’s first presidency. The original justification for increasing tariffs was that China engaged in unfair economic practices, with issues such as intellectual property […]
Kavin Selva
A month after the collapse of the Cuban power grid, the situation in Cuba has continued to deteriorate. In this article, Kavin Selva examines the decades of historical failures that led to a widespread meltdown.
Isabel Wilkerson (an American journalist who has won the Pulitzer Prize) analyzes America’s underlying caste and the way it influences everyday life. In this article, Kavin Selva explores the connections presented in Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.
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How to Hide an Empire
Daniel Immerwahr (an American Historian specializing in empire, development, and the history of ideas) analyzes how America has managed to remain a hidden empire throughout history. In this article Kavin Selva goes deeper into the “hidden” empire discussed in the book, How to Hide an Empire.