Dispatches

Young South Koreans struggle to see a way forward

  • November 28, 2023
  • Prachi Vidwans

In a country with a history of protest, revolution and transformation, why are they losing hope in the possibility of progress?

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A documentary filmmaker reflects on Russians’ collective complicity

  • November 15, 2023
  • Aron Ouzilevski

Vitaly Mansky’s films have long been sounding the alarm about Vladimir Putin.

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Market wars in Ghana

  • October 12, 2023
  • James Courtright

An economic embargo is complicating the country’s deadliest local leadership conflict.

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For Syrians in Turkey, it has been a tough year

  • September 1, 2023
  • Joshua Levkowitz

They have endured a historic earthquake and a consequential election.

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Misapprehensions are blocking a resolution in Niger

  • August 30, 2023
  • Robert Coalson

With other West African countries taking sides in the standoff, insecurity in the region is rising to new levels.

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Unrest casts shadow over Senegal’s biggest holiday

  • August 15, 2023
  • James Courtright

President’s coyness on third-term bid exposes societal tensions.

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Turkey’s presidential election boosts nativist politics

  • August 2, 2023
  • Joshua Levkowitz

And endangers an immigration boom in Gaziantep.

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Russian émigrés’ fractured families

  • July 10, 2023
  • Aron Ouzilevski

Exiles reckon with accusations of betrayal from loved ones back home.

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Syrians trapped in Lebanon’s failed state

  • June 30, 2023
  • Joshua Levkowitz

A mounting anti-refugee campaign is raising real fear about deportation home.

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Crete: Europe’s unacknowledged southern border

  • June 30, 2023
  • Steven Tagle

Greece’s largest island embraces its contradictions.

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