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How did things in Hong Kong turn so bad so quickly?
Mar 23 2022
By Kevin Carrico, author of Two Systems, Two Countries: A Nationalist Guide to Hong KongWhen I started writing Two Systems Two Countries: A Nationalist Guide to Hong Kong in 2019, I envisioned eventually holding a book launch in Hong Kong. The fact that such an event seems utterly preposterous t
What Policing in Iraq Reveals About the Failed U.S. Reconstruction Efforts
Nov 11 2021
By Jesse Wozniak, author of Policing Iraq: Legitimacy, Democracy, and Empire in a Developing StateDuring my first research trip to the Lead Police Training Academy on the outskirts of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, I observed a class of recruits on their last day of training finally get their highly antici