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 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 ...
On January 11, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was elected Croatia’s first female president in a close 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent vote against outgoing head of state Ivo Josipovic. Despite being a relatively young country, Croatia, as of January 11, has...
On January 11, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic was elected Croatia’s first female president in a close 50.4 percent to 49.6 percent vote against outgoing head of state Ivo Josipovic. Despite being a relatively young country, Croatia, as of January 11, has...
As the economies of Europe plunge into chaos over plummeting oil prices and a certain recurring Greek tragedy, the heavily sanctioned Russian economy looks elsewhere to support its growth. It is now time for Russia to search eastwards in its economic...
As the economies of Europe plunge into chaos over plummeting oil prices and a certain recurring Greek tragedy, the heavily sanctioned Russian economy looks elsewhere to support its growth. It is now time for Russia to search eastwards in its economic...
There are few gay male icons to look up to on the global political stage. But on November 6, the small, yet trailblazing group of gay political figures was joined by another member Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics. There is only one other Eu...
There are few gay male icons to look up to on the global political stage. But on November 6, the small, yet trailblazing group of gay political figures was joined by another member Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics. There is only one other Eu...
On September 9, 1999 shortly after midnight, an apartment complex exploded in southeast Moscow, killing 94 inside. This was just one attack in a wave of bombings in Moscow that ultimately claimed over 200 lives. According to the Russian secret servic...
On September 9, 1999 shortly after midnight, an apartment complex exploded in southeast Moscow, killing 94 inside. This was just one attack in a wave of bombings in Moscow that ultimately claimed over 200 lives. According to the Russian secret servic...
Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries that they operate, drawing from homogenous, ideologically motivated populations with an existing undercurrent of...
Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries that they operate, drawing from homogenous, ideologically motivated populations with an existing undercurrent of...
There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish military forces fervently searched their waters for the invading culprit. For a week in October, the Swedish mil...
There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish military forces fervently searched their waters for the invading culprit. For a week in October, the Swedish mil...
The 7,000 illuminated balloons winding through Berlin this November 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Despite the celebration, the wall is in the midst of an identity crisis. While the western side of the wall had always b...
The 7,000 illuminated balloons winding through Berlin this November 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Despite the celebration, the wall is in the midst of an identity crisis. While the western side of the wall had always b...
Putin’s expansion into Crimea, Ukraine and his other recent acts of aggression have been framed by some as parts of an attempt at rebuilding the Soviet Union. This description is intriguing, but predicated on a singular assumption: that Putin&#...
Putin’s expansion into Crimea, Ukraine and his other recent acts of aggression have been framed by some as parts of an attempt at rebuilding the Soviet Union. This description is intriguing, but predicated on a singular assumption: that Putin&#...
Scotland said no. On September the 18th the Scottish independence referendum took place and on the question of “Should Scotland be an independent country,” 55.3 percent out of the around 3.6 million votes were “No,” while 44.7 percent voted ...
Scotland said no. On September the 18th the Scottish independence referendum took place and on the question of “Should Scotland be an independent country,” 55.3 percent out of the around 3.6 million votes were “No,” while 44.7 percent voted ...
When discussing racism or intolerance in the context of nations, chances are Sweden is not the first country that comes to mind. The country is consistently ranked amongst the happiest in the world, as well as the most gender equitable and accepting ...
When discussing racism or intolerance in the context of nations, chances are Sweden is not the first country that comes to mind. The country is consistently ranked amongst the happiest in the world, as well as the most gender equitable and accepting ...
There were no newly constructed battle arenas, nor were there hordes of soldiers with unloaded guns. The war game that took place on October 13 between the United States and United Kingdom was a crisis simulation for the digital age: US Treasury Secr...
There were no newly constructed battle arenas, nor were there hordes of soldiers with unloaded guns. The war game that took place on October 13 between the United States and United Kingdom was a crisis simulation for the digital age: US Treasury Secr...
Russian incursions into Ukraine have many people saying that the realpolitik of the Cold War has returned to the global stage. After a brief lull during the 1990s, and thanks in part to the sultry Russian President Vladimir Putin, territorial claims ...
Russian incursions into Ukraine have many people saying that the realpolitik of the Cold War has returned to the global stage. After a brief lull during the 1990s, and thanks in part to the sultry Russian President Vladimir Putin, territorial claims ...