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Russia's Forever War
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This week Russia’s war will pass another grim milestone. On Friday the invasion will ha...
The panels are the pretext and the pickles are the point
Office Hours — June 5, 2026
Welcome to Office Hours. Come in! This is a regular subscribers-only column where I share what I’m reading and watching, and respond to questions from readers.
Do We Have an Erdos Problem?
The math world has been in minor upheaval over OpenAI disproving something called the “planar unit distance conjecture”, a problem posed by Erdos in 1946. “I find this existentially upsetting,” one alleged mathematician wrote. “I see myself...
Russian Desperation; Unclear Dictator Exits; The Robber
Office Hours — May 29, 2026
Welcome to Office Hours. Come in! This is a regular subscribers-only column where I share what I’m reading and watching, and respond to questions from readers.
The Happy Boring Life of a Good Dictator
reports from the cutting edge of autocracy studies
The life of an autocrat is not like the movies. It’s not midnight calls ordering purges, or standoffs with generals in wood-paneled offices. Usually it’s HR stuff. Approving the rotation s...
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current interests: great powers, autocracy, AI, late Soviet history (esp the 1991 coup), phil of social science. Associate professor and George Ignatieff Chair of Peace & Conflict Studies at University of Toronto
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