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- Who’s in Charge Here? | Insight
Jordan’s king is billing new political reforms as steps toward democracy, but is he serious?
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5 min - Is Washington Up to The Task? | Focus
In the face of a rising China, America has a strategy in mind. But it’s unclear we can actually make it happen.
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16 min - Domestic Instability is Ruining Foreign Policy | Insight
Joe Biden wants back into the Iran deal. Even if it goes through, other countries don’t know what to expect from our foreign policy.
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7 min - Arabian Nights Under an Artificial Moon | Focus
From Disney World to the Saudi desert, the ultra-wealthy have long dreamed of being great founders. Some are more dangerous than others.
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Harry's Insight explaining National Conservatism
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19 min - Talk Is Cheap, Not Worthless | Insight
Spectacles examines the promises and perils of the Biden administration's international conference on democracy.
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A Bird's Eye episode on international institutions
An Insight on transnational corruption
A Bird's Eye episode on American corruption
An Insight on how American corruption works
A Focus on the limits of the dem-auth international framing
An Insight on America's support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen
A Bird's Eye episode on whether dem recession is global or domestic
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9 min - Can Secession Be Legitimate? | Insight
Though it’s of international consequence, a domestic rift is at the heart of Ukraine’s troubles.
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7 min - How Big Money Breaks Democracy, Explained | Insight
We all know that somehow lobbying and campaign finance are a disaster for democracy. But why? And how is the system supposed to work?
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An Insight about how Congress has far more power than it uses to investigate 1/6
An Insight breaking down why an active Congress, not Court expansion, is a solution to SC power
An Insight about oil and gas misinformation and lobbying
A Focus from Harry about the Supreme Court's unhealthy amount of power
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8 min - The Anarchist’s Cooked-Book | Focus
An expansive new history of human political life is exhilarating, but ultimately an exercise in the same myth-making the authors condemn.
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14 min - #MeToo and Democracy in Essence | Insight
Andrew Cuomo’s precipitous fall from grace and the CCP’s silencing of Peng Shuai underscore the importance of activism.
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7 min - The Many Faces of Nostalgia | Insight
There’s a new far-right candidate on the French political stage. What does his nostalgia for the past herald for the future of French democracy?
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Insight from July on Le Pen
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About Spectacles Out Loud
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Join Spectacles editors Harry and Philip for Insight and Focus as they go beyond headlines to explore the news. We won't just explain a headline to you, but we'll try to help you make the connections…
between today's stories and what they all mean for democracy.