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Real democratic participation in foreign policy is almost unimaginable today—but this wasn’t always the case.

Daniel Bessner

Winter 2023: Speculation

How can the speculative imagination help us build a better world?

At a world-historical moment of global upheaval, speculative writing is enjoying a renaissance. This collection of poetry, stories, and essays engages speculation as both a ubiquitous feature of financial capitalism and a radical tool of collective imagination.

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Twenty years later, the U.S.-led invasion continues to shape geopolitics for the worse.

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