A GUIDE TO OUR ARCHIVES

First Draft: All suggestions welcome.

This is a very incomplete first draft: I’m publishing it to see how it looks, not because it’s canonical. I’ve tentatively organized it under “Themes” and “Regions.” Some articles belong to more than one region or theme: Short of listing them several times, which would be cumbersome, I’m not sure what to do about that.

I didn’t list anything from Global Eyes or Notes on the News because I only want to feature essays that remain topical.

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WELCOME

If you’re new to the Cosmopolitan Globalist, you need a guide to the hundreds of essays, investigative series, podcasts, and debates we’ve published here by writers around the world. You paid for access to these archives, so this guide is meant to help you enjoy everything to which you’re now entitled.

(If you haven’t yet subscribed, have a look at what we keep behind the paywall and feel the yearning. Wouldn’t you love to read essays like those?)

This is not a comprehensive index. You can find one here, organized in reverse-chronological order. There’s lots in the archives. This isn’t canonical, either. It’s just a selection that showcases what I think we do well.

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BY THEME OR WRITER

The New Caesars

• Right-wing populism, left-wing populism, illiberal democracy, hybrid democracy, empty democracy, and electoral authoritarianism.

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Tecumseh Court

WAR 101, written by US Marine combat veteran Tecumseh Court, is the most popular and practical series we’ve ever published.

Also by Tecumseh Court:

Tecumseh Court’s popular column: Q&A with Tecumseh Court answers all of your questions about war:

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Forecasting with Peter Zeihan

A reader asked what I thought of the popular political analyst Peter Zeihan. I explained where I thought he was right and where I wasn’t so sure.

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The Age of Spectacle

Adam Garfinkle’s series on the Age of Spectacle connects the dots of American political dysfunction.

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Artificial Intelligence

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Social Media

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Economics and Demographics

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Energy

[Insert Great Energy Debate]

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Covid19

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BY REGION

United States

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Europe

Here’s a multi-part series about Hungary and the New Caesarism:

Read full story

And here’s a multi-part series about France and riots:

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Ukraine

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Asia

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Middle East

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Latin America

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Africa

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Claire’s France

Personal reflections from the editor on her adopted country.

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Claire’s Turkey

Personal reflections from the editor on a country she lived in for a decade and still and loves.

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LETTERS FROM AN AFGHAN FAMILY

Readers of the Cosmopolitan Globalist have generously contributed to a fund to rescue this Afghan family of five girls, their parents, and their brother. Read about their journey here.

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PODCASTS

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DAVID BERLINSKI

Essays by Claire’s father.

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CAT STORIES

If Claire’s involved, there will be cat stories. (Once, a reader unsubscribed with a note to the effect that I wrote too much about my cats. Good riddance.)

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There’s much, much more in the archive: hundreds of essays by the world’s best-informed people, from around the world—from Peter Zeihan, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Cathy Young, Vladislav Davidzon, Yuri Deigin, Arun Kapil, Iason Athanasiadis, Lawrence Krauss, Calista Gingrich, Adnan Hadad, Roman Yampolskiy, Alan Potkin, Piero Castellano, Robin Häggblom, Michael Weiss, Teklehaymanot Weldemichal, Tim Mak, Casey Handmer, Alexander Hurst, Benjamin Wolf, John Oxley, Nervana Mahmoud, Monique Camarra, Caroline Smrstik, Olga Tokariuk, Nicolas Tenzer, Gareth Lewis, Jon Nighswander, Tomaž Zaniuk, Adam Garfinkle, Tanju Yürükoğlu, Honoré Mvula Kabala, Kate Tsurkan, Shay Katiri, Joshua Treviño, Doug Koplow, Peter Ungphakorn, Akshaya Jose, Robert Wolfe, Ken Opalo, Kroum Sourov, Wim Van Hyfte, Cristy Quirk, Andre Goffinet, Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Paul Rahe, Vivian Bercovici, Meron Gebreananaye, Paul Davies, Robert Zubrin, David Patrikarikos, Julian Lindley-French, Ron Steenblik, Judith Levy, Dina Kaphaeva, Thomas Gregg, Owen Lewis, Gabi Mitchell, Cristina Maza, Gaby Charing, Tecumseh Court, Dr. X, Vivek Kelkar, and my Pop, David Berlinski.

But start here.