Three revealing, highly readable books examine the deep, dangerous effects of the Kremlin’s bottomless corruption and cynicism, at home and abroad. […]
NYT Book Review: Gregory Feifer on three new Russia books
After city life becomes untenable, a Salvadoran mother moves to the countryside
But rural relocation presents new challenges. […]
Monocle Radio: Hannah Armstrong on Burkina Faso and France
With Burkina Faso’s increasing problems with attacks by jihadist groups, a weak government and underfunded security forces, Andrew Mueller of Monocle Radio asks whether France’s military should be involved.
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The American Interest: Matt Chitwood on China’s slow trains
Tagging along with three migrant workers from Yunnan province , newly returned ICWA fellow Matthew Chitwood (China, 2017-2019) joins chunyun, or the spring migration of the country’s workforce. […]
NYT: Shannon Sims on Ecuador’s mountain thrills
The mountains surrounding Baños de Agua Santa test the nerves of adventure tourists. […]
Cooperating with the far right, German lawmakers break major taboo
Center-right politicians join the AfD to oust a state premier, a first in postwar politics. […]
New York Magazine: Andrew Rice on Michael Avenatti
After a year caught in a downward spiral, the disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti—who achieved fame representing the porn star Stormy Daniels—spent the past two weeks in solitary confinement, in a cell once occupied by the Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman. […]
Auschwitz survivors’ thinning ranksloom over liberation commemoration
With the demise of firsthand witnesses, history is increasingly a pawn in an era of rising intolerance and revisionism. […]
Daily Beast: Neri Zilber on Trump’s Mideast peace plan
Despite the approval voiced in Washington, the US administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace deal will most likely only raise tensions. […]
Pride, shame and responsibility: Confronting history in a changing Germany
The AfD is working to co-opt patriotism and alter the way Germans view their past. But most find the issue far more complicated. […]