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Thelma’s shoes

Posted on July 2, 2025 (July 3, 2025) by Sharon F. Doorasamy

Sharon Doorasamy on post-apartheid South Africa. […]

The velvet leash

Posted on July 2, 2025 (July 10, 2025) by Ilya Kolmanovsky

When do people fight for their freedom? […]

New York Magazine: Suzy Hansen on Israel’s actions in Gaza

Posted on June 20, 2025 (March 23, 2026) by Suzy Hansen

“Israel’s Crimes of the Century,” Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009), New York Magazine, June 16, 2025 […]

Introducing Compass

Posted on June 19, 2025 (July 2, 2025) by Gregory Feifer

A new journal about global cultures and developments from the Institute of Current World Affairs. […]

South Korea votes for democracy

Posted on June 18, 2025 (June 30, 2025) by Steven B. Butler

Steven Butler on the country’s pivotal 1985 elections. […]

Review: Opposing authoritarianism

Posted on June 18, 2025 (July 2, 2025) by Gregory Feifer

Benjamin Nathans’s history of the Soviet dissident movement has important lessons for today. […]

On originality

Posted on June 18, 2025 (July 2, 2025) by Roger Reynolds

Challenges facing new music. […]

Macron should call Trump’s bluff

Posted on June 18, 2025 (July 2, 2025) by Jean-Louis Doublet

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

Posted on June 18, 2025 (July 2, 2025) by Dalibor Rohac

The billionaire populist Andrej Babiš is running for his old job as prime minister. […]

‘This is not the end of moral universalism’

Posted on June 18, 2025 (July 2, 2025) by Robert Coalson

A conversation with Michael Ignatieff. […]