Will Everything Be OK? : Ethnic Insurgency, Military Dictatorship and Mass Protest In Myanmar
On February 1st, 2021 the military of Myanmar, called the Tatmadaw, launched a coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi ...
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Winning the Vaccination Race: Chile’s Success in Mass Vaccination
In December of 2020, the first announcement of effective vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer heralded the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the...
More Lows Than Highs: The Fight Against Drugs in China, Mexico and the Philippines
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the most dangerous public health threat faced by the United States was the spectacular rise of drug overdoses in recent ...
Closing The Shop Down: The Dispiriting End of Operation Car Wash in Brazil
On March 17th 2014, Sergio Moro, a little known judge from the Brazilian state of Curitiba, authorized an investigation of suspicious money transfers ...
The Ghost of Pandemics Future: Can India Stop The Rise of Superbugs?
Before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global health crisis that kept the most public health experts up at night was the rise of antimicrobial...
Singing The Irrawaday Blues: The Tatmadaw Overthrows Democracy in Myanmar
On February 1st, 2021 the armed forces of Myanmar, called the Tatmadaw, under Min Aung Hlaing, launched a coup against the democratically elected lead...
Why Nations Don’t Fail: Building Institutions in Romania
In the last episode of the Wealth of Nations podcast, I discussed Ukraine’s spectacular economic implosion in the aftermath of independence, democracy...
Courage to the Point of Insanity: Alexei Navalny’s Return to Russia
On August 20th 2020, Alexei Navalny became violently ill on a flight to Moscow. Navalny, who was evacuated to a hospital in Germany, had been poisoned...
Socialism Without a Plan, Capitalism Without Markets: Ukraine’s Economic Collapse in the 1990s
On August 24th, 1991 Ukraine declared its independence from and dissolution of formal ties with the USSR. Ukraine was supposed to be entering a new er...