Liam Connell - Liberal Currents

Liberalism as a Military Technology

To exclude individuals on the basis of sex, color, class, or creed now means to hobble the strength of the state.

Kiran Pfitzner Jun 9, 2026

Pragmatism Not Philosophy (Out of the Jaws #4, with the Soy Pill)

The Soy Pill (Niels Griedel) joins Ryan and Adam to discuss his political awakening, navigating the new media, whether Adam

Ryan Geddie, Adam Gurri, Niels Griedel Jun 8, 2026

Smug Delusions Won't Save Us

Adrian Wooldridge's "The Revolutionary Center" purports to diagnose liberalism's failings but instead merely embodies them.

Matthew McManus Jun 8, 2026

Liam Connell has a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His focus is on the history of imperialism and great power politics in the Asia-Pacific, and its effects today.

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The Most Childish Imperialism

How Trump is different from the old imperialists, and how the liberal world must respond.

Liam Connell May 14, 2025