Kieron O'Hara
Politics
How Brexit Was Scuppered By a Lack of Trust
In an extract from my forthcoming book Blockchain Politics, I describe how social and political trust are essential for cross-party, multi-electoral projects which chart a nation’s …
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Trustworthy Supply of Information
In an extract from my forthcoming book Blockchain Politics, I describe the characteristics of a trustworthy supplier of information or news. These characteristics don’t seem …
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The MAGA Philosophy in 5 Minutes
For anyone confused by the MAGA philosophy, its foundations were neatly encapsulated over 50 years ago in 5 minutes, 7 seconds of music by the …
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Norms, the Elites and the Defence of the Realm
In my forthcoming book Blockchain Politics, I try to debunk the excessive pessimism of a recent book review by The Economist’s Free Exchange columnist. The …
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Why Am I Reminded of the Hitler-Stalin Pact?
I’m not sure any country, however troubled, has fallen from democracy to gangster state in such a short period of time. It’s too early to …
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Guns Before Butter?
The left is keen to sever connections with the gangsterish new American administration, de Gaulle-style. Indeed – at a minimum, Europe must be able to …
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Peace and Betrayal
The outlines for peace in Ukraine have been clear for a couple of years now – unsatisfactory, but the only sustainable solution. It needed muscle …
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The Puritans and the Peasants
The opening of my forthcoming book with Edward Elgar, Blockchain Politics, setting the scene for its analysis of trust in the context of the zealotry …
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Lessons From Vance’s Watershed Speech
J.D. Vance’s Munich speech seems to have shocked everyone, but it shouldn’t have. His attack on Europe, presumably cleared with his boss (or at least …
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5 AIMS Become Visible at Paris AI Summit
In recent weeks, Wendy Hall and I have begun to adapt our ideological/geopolitical view of Internet governance, which we expressed in our book Four Internets, …
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Blockchain Politics
I’m very excited to see my forthcoming new book, Blockchain Politics: Ideology and the Crisis of Social Trust, appearing on the website of the publishers, …
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Artificial Intelligence and Productivity
It’s good news that Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government is going to push AI as a means for increasing productivity in Britain. Its rhetoric about …
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The Parthenon Marbles: a Biased Account?
There seemed to be an extraordinary sleight-of-hand in today’s coverage of Rishi Sunak’s decision not to meet his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis. According to No.10, …
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The Italian Job and Nigel Farage’s Head
For an explanation of Brexit, it is extraordinary how much is contained in The Italian Job. A cult classic in the UK, starring icons Michael …
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