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The deal was simple. She was a 23-year-old single mother of two children in Sweden during the early 1950s. Hindered by a battle with alcoholism, she struggled to care for her children. Now, she had fallen pregnant for a third time. She was too young ...

Cherry-Picked Charity

The deal was simple. She was a 23-year-old single mother of two children in Sweden during the early 1950s. Hindered by a battle with alcoholism, she struggled to care for her children. Now, she had fallen pregnant for a third time. She was too young ...

Exhausted by centuries of imperialism, 19th-century Slavic intellectuals proposed “Pan-Slavism”—or the unity of all Slavic peoples along shared cultural and political lines into a singular geopolitical bloc—as a defense against neighboring ag...

The Southern Slavs Asunder

Exhausted by centuries of imperialism, 19th-century Slavic intellectuals proposed “Pan-Slavism”—or the unity of all Slavic peoples along shared cultural and political lines into a singular geopolitical bloc—as a defense against neighboring ag...

The death of Alexei Navalny unites the Russian resistance in a powerful act of collective grief Prelude The third of March, Boston Common, gloomy afternoon. I stand in front of the memorial clutching four yellow carnations, my eyes wet with tears. A ...

For Their Deeds Do Follow Them

The death of Alexei Navalny unites the Russian resistance in a powerful act of collective grief Prelude The third of March, Boston Common, gloomy afternoon. I stand in front of the memorial clutching four yellow carnations, my eyes wet with tears. A ...

Olaf Scholz, clad in a black coat, digs a shovel into the ground, loosens sand, and tosses it a few inches forward. Alongside Boris Pistorius, his defense minister, the German chancellor has just broken ground on a new Rheinmetall ammunition factory ...

Arm(s) and a Leg

Olaf Scholz, clad in a black coat, digs a shovel into the ground, loosens sand, and tosses it a few inches forward. Alongside Boris Pistorius, his defense minister, the German chancellor has just broken ground on a new Rheinmetall ammunition factory ...

In the run-up to the 2024 UK general election, Scotland is shaping up to be a kingmaker. The once-dominant Scottish National Party (SNP) and the resurging Scottish Labour are battling for Scottish seats in a race with major implications for the Unite...

Highland Stakes

In the run-up to the 2024 UK general election, Scotland is shaping up to be a kingmaker. The once-dominant Scottish National Party (SNP) and the resurging Scottish Labour are battling for Scottish seats in a race with major implications for the Unite...

Around the stadium, gladiators draped in silver armor and wielding swords rush at each other. In the stands above, thousands of Roman citizens cheer for their favorites and jeer at those they like least. On the side of this orchestrated chaos stands ...

Dusk of Democracy, Part One

Around the stadium, gladiators draped in silver armor and wielding swords rush at each other. In the stands above, thousands of Roman citizens cheer for their favorites and jeer at those they like least. On the side of this orchestrated chaos stands ...

As hundreds of tractors blocked the roads to Paris this February, manure burned on the streets. Statues of commercial magnates in Brussels were torn down, and in Rome, a farmer effigy was hung near parliament. Farmers across the European Union are pr...

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

As hundreds of tractors blocked the roads to Paris this February, manure burned on the streets. Statues of commercial magnates in Brussels were torn down, and in Rome, a farmer effigy was hung near parliament. Farmers across the European Union are pr...

In 1998 and 1999, respectively, the United Kingdom established the Northern Irish Assembly and the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments, delegating certain powers to these newly formed regional governments in a process known as devolution. This system was ...

Pasty Politics

In 1998 and 1999, respectively, the United Kingdom established the Northern Irish Assembly and the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments, delegating certain powers to these newly formed regional governments in a process known as devolution. This system was ...

How often do you think about “girl dinner”? What about Handsome Squidward? Or the Duolingo green owl? Regardless of whether or not you recognize those specific references, if you have ever used the internet, it is a near certainty that you have e...

Putin on a Show

How often do you think about “girl dinner”? What about Handsome Squidward? Or the Duolingo green owl? Regardless of whether or not you recognize those specific references, if you have ever used the internet, it is a near certainty that you have e...

After being elected president of the 19-year-old, centro-leftist political party Syriza, called the Progressive Alliance, in September, Stefanos Kasselakis became the subject of heated conversation in Greece. While the party historically represents s...

Leftism Dies in the Heart of Greece

After being elected president of the 19-year-old, centro-leftist political party Syriza, called the Progressive Alliance, in September, Stefanos Kasselakis became the subject of heated conversation in Greece. While the party historically represents s...

A wave of conservatism has pummeled Europe for the last decade. First, it swept Viktor Orbán to power in Hungary. Then, Greece and Italy got caught in the riptide. Spain buoyed itself with Alberto Núñez Feijóo. And alas, Mateusz Morawiecki surfed...

“Nie!”, Said the Poles!

A wave of conservatism has pummeled Europe for the last decade. First, it swept Viktor Orbán to power in Hungary. Then, Greece and Italy got caught in the riptide. Spain buoyed itself with Alberto Núñez Feijóo. And alas, Mateusz Morawiecki surfed...