This looks interesting: A Crisis of Short Attention Spans, 250 Years Ago By Natalie M. Phillips | January 01, 2017 When most people think of distraction, they think of flooded inboxes, cellphone […]
What “post-factual news” means for researchers
Some semi-random thoughts, as headlines continue to focus on “post-factual” news: There is a lot in common between what we’re seeing now in Britain and the US, and researchable “news” in fragile […]
Terraforming Diplomacy: Beijing, Manila and the Scarborough Shoal
Over the last eight years I’ve commissioned, edited or led a dozen or more research studies and analytical pieces on the South China Sea disputes. China’s assertiveness in the region, and especially […]
Maps: Telling a Story of Imagined Omniscience
In lieu of something original from me, I offer you something insightful by someone else – Michael Caines, in the Times Literary Supplement, reviewing a new British Library exhibition entitled Maps and […]
The Taliban Reader: War, Islam and Politics in Their Own Words
Some exciting news: Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, two key members of the Taliban Sources Project (TSP), have announced their plans for the The Taliban Reader: War, Islam and Politics […]
