Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin is the Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange, California and Executive Director of the Houston-based Urban Reform Institute. He is the author of 'The Human City', 'The New Class Conflict' and, most recently, 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism'.
Neofeudalism and its new legitimisers
Today’s oligarchs depend on a modern, overwhelmingly liberal clerisy for legitimacy
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?