Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Review of  The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance  

European Union foreign  policy chief Josep Borrell  declared  last week that "Europe is a garden. We have built a garden…The rest of the world – and you know this very well, Federica [Mogherini] – is not exactly a garden. Most of the rest of the world is a jungle, and the jungle could invade the garden.” Borrell’s ignorance, some called it racism, reveals the state of mind of a unconfident ruling class, fear and uncertainty in time of economic and political crisis, fall in living standards, and war in Europe. Josep Borrell’s garden

“ Science departments today tirelessly exhort their faculty to become versed in the arcane business of funding procurement, and to pursue areas of inquiry that may be attractive to venture capital. More than a scientist-entrepreneur, the researcher today is becoming a scientific entrepreneur, in the same way one might be a real estate or a textile entrepreneur. Now it seems that this ideal is favoured by the jurors of the Swedish Academy.” Research and profiteering

“For those who like their Zionism with a side of popcorn, Marvel’s latest offering is certain to be a treat .”