Tag: Progressive Internationalism

It’s the Corruption, Stupid

By Dan Nexon

In progressive politics

On October 5, 2019

Regular readers of Lawyers, Guns and Money will know that I’ve long argued that progressivism must be internationalist in orientation. Among other reasons, contemporary kleptocracy and oligarchy is transnational character. Global economic order—especially when it comes to capital mobility and offshoring—nurtures kleptocrats and oligarchs while spreading the rot of their corruption across borders. Large sums […]

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Recent Developments on the Progressive Foreign Policy Front

By Dan Nexon

On April 16, 2019

I’ve been on a self-imposed blogging hiatus so that Alex Cooley and I could complete the first draft of our book. It’s now with the publisher. While it will be a while before I can return

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Meeting the Challenge of the Transnational Right

By Dan Nexon

On September 15, 2018

I’ve been arguing for some time that progressives too often have their heads in the sand about the transnational dimensions of right-wing extremism, kleptocracy, and oligarchy. This was an impor

Progressive Foreign Policy, Again

By Dan Nexon

In foreign policy

On September 5, 2018

I have a piece, “Toward a Neo-Progressive Foreign Policy: The Case for an Internationalist Left,” at Foreign Affairs. It synthesizes some of my thoughts about what progressive foreign policy should look like. While I do provide a few illustrative specifics, the more general point is that we need to start from principles rather than simply laying […]

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Progressives and Trade

By Dan Nexon

On June 1, 2018

While many issues divide the progressive coalition—which I understand as an umbrella term for the center-left, left-liberals, democratic socialists, and various social-justice movements—internatio

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Did Sanders Provide a Blueprint for Progressive Foreign Policy?

By Dan Nexon

On September 22, 2017

I am, overall, very pleased with yesterday’s foreign-policy speech. At its core, Sanders laid out an internationalist agenda, one that recognizes the interdependence of progressive domestic and

Preliminary Notes on Progressive Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

By Dan Nexon

In General

On January 26, 2017

I apologize for inflicting this on you all, but I’ve found that blogging helps me think through ideas and questions—especially in the presence of a robust commentariat. So, without further introduction, here are some half-baked notes on Progressive foreign policy. Preliminaries The 2016 primary contest highlighted the general atrophy of progressive foreign-policy thought and infrastructure. Virtually […]