From Elsewhere: Ebola in Congo, Piracy, Libya’s Instability, and Iraq’s Iran Problem
Short note on some developments worth watching across different sectors.
Beyond the Ideological
“All beings share a common world, but each creature has its own way of perceiving this world.” Montaigne
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Long Cycles is published on the 15th of every month and explores the structural changes transforming societies beyond the Western world.
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“If tolerance is born of doubt, let us teach everyone to doubt all the models and utopias, to challenge all the prophets of redemption and the heralds of catastrophe.
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