Parmenides’ Fallacy, as Prof. Philip Bobbitt describes, “occurs when one tries to assess a future state of affairs by measuring it against the present, as opposed to comparing it to other possible futures.”
This blog hosts a discussion among a US policymaker and analyst, a development expert working for a humanitarian NGO, and a respected scholar of international relations. The contributors remain anonymous in order to encourage readers to engage with the “what” not with the “who” and to protect their privacy and respective institutional relations.
