Sharon Doorasamy on post-apartheid South Africa. […]
Thelma’s shoes
The velvet leash
When do people fight for their freedom? […]
New York Magazine: Suzy Hansen on Israel’s actions in Gaza
“Israel’s Crimes of the Century,” Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009), New York Magazine, June 16, 2025 […]
Introducing Compass
A new journal about global cultures and developments from the Institute of Current World Affairs. […]
South Korea votes for democracy
Steven Butler on the country’s pivotal 1985 elections. […]
Review: Opposing authoritarianism
Benjamin Nathans’s history of the Soviet dissident movement has important lessons for today. […]
On originality
Challenges facing new music. […]
Macron should call Trump’s bluff
When it comes to defense, Europe has the means to stick it to Washington. […]
Is Trumpism exportable to Europe? Czechia may be a test case
The billionaire populist Andrej Babiš is running for his old job as prime minister. […]
‘This is not the end of moral universalism’
A conversation with Michael Ignatieff. […]