Top 5 articles: 400th anniversary of slavery in the US
Also, alliances as a harbinger of geopolitical health
Happy Friday! Turn the sound up and enjoy, friends.
Top 5 articles for your week:
“The 1619 Project” (New York Times Magazine)
Because this new essay project from the New York Times Magazine is chock full of excellent analysis and articles on the legacy of slavery, all in observance of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the slave trade to the US. We couldn’t pick just one article, so we’re including the entire project.
“America Ignored” (Foreign Policy Magazine)
With the changing international order and the US’s attitude towards it, the US is being left behind by other countries in both policy and diplomacy.
“What Democrats Get Wrong About Prison Reform” (Politico Magazine)
Because John Pfaff is trying to look at the data on prisons and refuting the idea that only drug violations are filling cells. This kind of analysis implicates policy and rhetorical changes.
“Twelve Theses on Nationalism” (The American Interest)
Because one of our favorite Brookings scholars, Bill Galston, has 12 easy-to-digest theses on one of the topics/concepts of the moment: nationalism. (n.b. the EU was always a political project first, economic project second and while it’s best to start the analysis with EU members, nationalism has been a-brewing in Europe since about 1970 rather than the 2000s).
“The U.S. or China? Europe Needs to Pick a Side” (Politico Magazine)
Because like the article in #2 above, the international order of power and politics is changing, and for the first time since WWII, European allies and the EU may be more up-for-grabs as economic allies than in the past. That’s a big change for the US.