Restaging Othello, 1974: Interview with D. Jeremy Smith

Our interview with theatre director D. Jeremy Smith on how Driftwood Theatre’s production of Othello can teach audiences a history lesson about Canadian peacekeeping.

Interview with Gabriel Zoltan-Johan: Red Guards in Chinese Cyberspace

What does the rise of Chinese cybernationalism mean for nation-state and the Internet? Benson Cheung interviews Gabriel Zoltan-Johan about his research on this emerging phenomenon.

Interview with Ian Richardson: Bilderberg Elites in an Age of Populism

Benson Cheung, Security, Trade and the Economy, Society, Culture, and Security June 22, 2017 Benson Cheung

Who are the Bilderbergers, and how do transnational elites play a role in global governance? Benson Cheung interviews Professor Ian Richardson on the “Bilderberg People.”

Can It Happen Here? Pt 4: Bannon’s Fourth Turning

Benson Cheung, Society, Culture, and Security May 17, 2017 Benson Cheung

What does an alt-right executive branch look like? Benson Cheung explores alt-right ideologue Steve Bannon’s ascendancy in the Trump administration, in the fourth part of an occasional series on the Nationalist wing of the Trump administration.

Can It Happen Here? Pt 3: Steve Bannon Against the Forces of Globalization

Benson Cheung, Society, Culture, and Security May 12, 2017 Benson Cheung

What was Steve Bannon’s plan for saving Western civilization? Benson Cheung explores alt-right ideologue Steve Bannon’s plan for salvation, in the third part of an occasional series on the Nationalist wing of the Trump administration.

Can It Happen Here? Pt 2: Steve Bannon’s Clash of Civilizations

Benson Cheung, Society, Culture, and Security May 10, 2017 Benson Cheung

Who are the enemies of the West, according to the alt-right? Benson Cheung explores alt-right ideologue Steve Bannon’s beliefs about he thinks ails Western civilization these days, in the second part of an occasional series on the Nationalist wing of the Trump administration.

Can It Happen Here? Pt 1: Steve Bannon’s Decline of the West

Benson Cheung, Society, Culture, and Security February 21, 2017 Benson Cheung

What do the power brokers in the White House believe? Benson Cheung explores alt-right ideologue Steve Bannon’s ideology, in the first part of an occasional series on Trumpism’s authoritarian nationalism.

Threats, Trolls, Twitter Bots: Interview with Ilya Maslyanskyy

Benson Cheung, Cyber Security and Information Warfare, Emerging Security January 17, 2017 Benson Cheung

How did Russia learn to use the Internet to strengthen authoritarianism? Benson Cheung interviews Ilya Maslyanskyy about how Russia learned to use threats, trolls, and Twitter bots to control the Internet since 2011.