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On the eve of the Holocaust, Hitler addressed a gathering of Wehrmacht commanders at his home in Obersalzberg, just a week before the invasion of Poland and the forthcoming extermination of around 90 percent of Polish Jews. “Who, after all, speaks ...

The Armenian Genocide as a Precedent

On the eve of the Holocaust, Hitler addressed a gathering of Wehrmacht commanders at his home in Obersalzberg, just a week before the invasion of Poland and the forthcoming extermination of around 90 percent of Polish Jews. “Who, after all, speaks ...

Earlier this year, the world watched in consternation as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasingly autocratic regime closed Zaman, one of the country’s most prominent and critical newspapers, and reopened it overnight. The day before...

Pressing to Compress

Earlier this year, the world watched in consternation as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasingly autocratic regime closed Zaman, one of the country’s most prominent and critical newspapers, and reopened it overnight. The day before...

On March 13, a car bomb exploded in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing an estimated 32 people and injuring over 100 others. This attack came only a few days after several other small-scale strikes in both Ankara and Istanbul. On March 22nd, suicide ...

Terrorism Beyond the Limelight

On March 13, a car bomb exploded in Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing an estimated 32 people and injuring over 100 others. This attack came only a few days after several other small-scale strikes in both Ankara and Istanbul. On March 22nd, suicide ...

Irish politics are in a state of paralysis — the recent general elections resulted in a hung Dáil (the lower house of the Irish parliament), and the prospects of electing a Taoiseach (Prime Minister) without new elections are looking bleak: No par...

The Irish Political Paralysis

Irish politics are in a state of paralysis — the recent general elections resulted in a hung Dáil (the lower house of the Irish parliament), and the prospects of electing a Taoiseach (Prime Minister) without new elections are looking bleak: No par...

“I came. I saw. I left.” That’s the new motto of Italy’s youth. Over 150,000 Italians have relocated to London in the past eight years. But what’s particularly noteworthy is that almost two-thirds of those new arrivals are under the age of ...

Italian Brain Drain

“I came. I saw. I left.” That’s the new motto of Italy’s youth. Over 150,000 Italians have relocated to London in the past eight years. But what’s particularly noteworthy is that almost two-thirds of those new arrivals are under the age of ...

Trying to stop human-caused climate change is like trying to stop a speeding bus; you need to slow it down first. Carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere will linger for hundreds of years, rendering the considerable attention focused on CO2 emission...

Live Fast, Die Young: SLCPs do it well

Trying to stop human-caused climate change is like trying to stop a speeding bus; you need to slow it down first. Carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere will linger for hundreds of years, rendering the considerable attention focused on CO2 emission...

In 2014, the events leading up to and following the referendum on Scottish independence dominated news coverage around the world. The idea of an independent Scotland was particularly intriguing as many international observers saw the UK as a cohesive...

The Battle for Britain: Is Brexit or Scexit the Issue?

In 2014, the events leading up to and following the referendum on Scottish independence dominated news coverage around the world. The idea of an independent Scotland was particularly intriguing as many international observers saw the UK as a cohesive...

While much hay has been made over 2015’s assortment of political upsets, one of the most interesting applecarts to be overturned has received little attention in international media. European populism, particularly in its right-wing welfare-cha...

Playing the Political Game through Thick and Finn

While much hay has been made over 2015’s assortment of political upsets, one of the most interesting applecarts to be overturned has received little attention in international media. European populism, particularly in its right-wing welfare-cha...