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The Clash of Masculinities and the Remaking of the World War
Before Europe’s lamps went out, its leaders were already stumbling in the dark corridors of masculine insecurity.
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The new doctrine of “might makes right” is not written in treaties or shouted by…
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Can a genre built on male romance change how we understand strength?
Latest Issue
OPR Issue 19: Might Makes Right
To interrogate the relationship between power and principle also means examining who wields that authority. The powerholder’s identity, location, and their stated reasons for control shape the nature, extent, and uses of power. The essays in this issue examine not only whether power exists without ethics, or ethics without power, but also who holds that authority – across arenas as diverse as AI, pop culture, great power conflict, and more.
- Iran’s Illiberal Crusade Unites the Left, the Right, and the Apolitical
- The Ken-ification of Hungarian Politics
- The Ethics of Power, the Power of Ethics
- The Heated Rivalry Between Boys’ Love and Traditional Masculinity
Global Politics
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In The Triangle of Power, A. Stubb argues that the world is sliding from Helsinki…
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The Islamic Republic has learned to speak every political language except liberalism.
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In Hubris, Jonathan Haslam challenges the idea that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine can…
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The White House’s Harabe tribute is a crude joke. The real target is the dignity…
Interviews
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Have the conditions that gave Islam its political form changed?
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In Conversation with Luca Stanzione, General Secretary of the Italian General Confederation of Labour (Camera…
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As the New Right consolidates power in the United States, OPR speaks with one of…
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Grappling with the most pressing political topics requires us to reflect on how we are…
Culture & Ideas
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What does Orbán’s defeat reveal about the limits of performative masculinity in populist politics?
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When academic worth is measured by scores and rankings, creativity gives way to calculation.
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Through forestry, finance, and Chilean mining law, ‘Discounting the Future’ uncovers the far-reaching political consequences…
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Can the tradwife movement be understood as faith, feminism’s backlash, or a symptom of modernity…
Law
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Can a legal system built on human judgment quietly hand its conscience to code?
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Autonomous weapons may change warfare, but they should not erase accountability.
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When code is generated by AI, accepted by humans, and deployed without meaningful review, the…
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Whistleblowers appear to stand alone. Their sacrifice is rooted in a deeper form of solidarity.
