Brent Ranalli

Humanities scholar at the Ronin Institute.

Thomas Paine’s Dividend: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Remembered for his political idealism, Paine also had ideas about economic justice.

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Strange Bedfellows: Hungary Leans Toward Russia

Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin as cross-ideological autocratic allies.

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Snow and Politics in Hungary

Can a freak snowstorm show a Central European nation how to get along with its neighbors?

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Beyond the Mayan Calendar: Doomsdayism is Alive and Well

What are we to make of the strange social and cultural phenomenon of expectations of a worldwide calamity?

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Ayn Rand: The Siren of U.S. Conservatism (Part II)

How have the ideas of Ayn Rand shaped contemporary Republican thinking on economic and political issues?

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Ayn Rand: The Siren of U.S. Conservatism

If Reagan is the father of modern U.S. conservatism, Ayn Rand is certainly its mother.

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The Conservative Case for a Proactive Climate Policy

Why might taking a leadership role on climate change help conservatives preserve the civil liberties they fear environmentalists will take away?

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The Terrorism Endgame: Lessons from the War on Anarchy (Part II)

Will the threat of terrorism fade away, much as the threat of radical anarchy did over a century ago?

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The Terrorism Endgame: Lessons from the War on Anarchy (Part I)

How is the “war on terror” akin to the war on anarchy the West waged a little over a century ago?

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Vulnerable China and the Trade Surplus: Part III

How does China’s trade surplus affect its role in the global economy?

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