In Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)’s frequent condemnation of the conservative elite and neoliberal technocrats echoed in his daily morning conferences during his six years as president. He mobilized voters mainly by appealing to popul...
“Willkommen in Wust! Willkommen in Saxony-Anhalt!” These were the first words I heard following 18 hours of travel as my host parents, Sigrun and Matthias, welcomed me with open arms. Wust, a town of just over 800 residents in old East German...
In July 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans stormed the presidential palace in Colombo. They swam in the president’s pool, sat in his chair, and used his personal gym. These actions were not borne out of rage at just one leader. It signaled the end of t...
Today marks the deadliest period for journalists in at least 30 years. Tomorrow promises to continue the trend. On April 1, the Israeli Knesset unanimously passed a law that allows the government to ban foreign broadcast media from operating within G...
Today marks the deadliest period for journalists in at least 30 years. Tomorrow promises to continue the trend. On April 1, the Israeli Knesset unanimously passed a law that allows the government to ban foreign broadcast media from operating within G...
AI startups have an unexpected business partner: the tiny Caribbean island polity of Anguilla. In 1980, Anguilla, a territory of the United Kingdom, was awarded the .ai domain name by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). This fairly arbitr...
AI startups have an unexpected business partner: the tiny Caribbean island polity of Anguilla. In 1980, Anguilla, a territory of the United Kingdom, was awarded the .ai domain name by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). This fairly arbitr...
On September 2, in a village outside Chișinău, Moldova, a young woman, known to her associates as Ana Nastas, handed out a stack of anti-EU leaflets rife with misinformation that had been produced by Ilan Shor, a Russophilic Moldovan oligarch and p...
On September 2, in a village outside Chișinău, Moldova, a young woman, known to her associates as Ana Nastas, handed out a stack of anti-EU leaflets rife with misinformation that had been produced by Ilan Shor, a Russophilic Moldovan oligarch and p...
French President Emmanuel Macron touched down in Rabat, Morocco, on October 28, stepping into a city decked out in French and Moroccan flags. He arrived accompanied by a delegation of 130 people, including ministers, business leaders, and French-Moro...
French President Emmanuel Macron touched down in Rabat, Morocco, on October 28, stepping into a city decked out in French and Moroccan flags. He arrived accompanied by a delegation of 130 people, including ministers, business leaders, and French-Moro...
Ireland is your favorite multinational corporation’s favorite country. Why? Over the last 25 years, the country has molded itself into a leading corporate tax haven, shielding businesses with subsidiaries in Ireland from worldwide taxation. Drawing...
Ireland is your favorite multinational corporation’s favorite country. Why? Over the last 25 years, the country has molded itself into a leading corporate tax haven, shielding businesses with subsidiaries in Ireland from worldwide taxation. Drawing...
The convenience of a cashless transaction is hard to resist. It promises the ease of paying for a coffee with the tap of your phone, of not having to remember to bring your wallet everywhere or go through the humbling process of testing your basic ar...
The convenience of a cashless transaction is hard to resist. It promises the ease of paying for a coffee with the tap of your phone, of not having to remember to bring your wallet everywhere or go through the humbling process of testing your basic ar...
As tragic as it might be to lose the ability to subtly flirt by asking someone for a lighter in the smoking section of a club, one would think that the vast majority of English citizens understand the necessity of reducing tobacco consumption. If not...
As tragic as it might be to lose the ability to subtly flirt by asking someone for a lighter in the smoking section of a club, one would think that the vast majority of English citizens understand the necessity of reducing tobacco consumption. If not...
So long as we ignore Hong Kong, a global commitment to fundamental human rights and dignity will remain unrealized. If you cherish what Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism calls “the right to have rights,” or the right to belong to a ...
So long as we ignore Hong Kong, a global commitment to fundamental human rights and dignity will remain unrealized. If you cherish what Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism calls “the right to have rights,” or the right to belong to a ...
In 2015, El Salvador presided as the “murder capital of the world” with the highest number of homicides per capita; today, it is one of the safest countries in Latin America, with a homicide rate lower than that of the United States. Over the pas...
In 2015, El Salvador presided as the “murder capital of the world” with the highest number of homicides per capita; today, it is one of the safest countries in Latin America, with a homicide rate lower than that of the United States. Over the pas...
According to the legends of the Abenaki people of present-day Maine and Quebec, when the Creator brought maple sap into the world, it spouted out of tree trunks as pure sugar. People would abandon their households and responsibilities to spend entire...
According to the legends of the Abenaki people of present-day Maine and Quebec, when the Creator brought maple sap into the world, it spouted out of tree trunks as pure sugar. People would abandon their households and responsibilities to spend entire...
In Gjadër, Albania, towering barbed-wire fences enclose the many migrants who dream of a better life in Italy. The village’s stunning pastoral landscape and the tranquility of the grazing sheep are now disrupted by gray buildings with small, priso...
In Gjadër, Albania, towering barbed-wire fences enclose the many migrants who dream of a better life in Italy. The village’s stunning pastoral landscape and the tranquility of the grazing sheep are now disrupted by gray buildings with small, priso...
When French Communists first warned about “coca-colonization” in the 1940s, they feared more than just sugary drinks. They saw Coca-Cola’s expanding empire as an American trojan horse—a delivery network that could double as an intelligence op...
When French Communists first warned about “coca-colonization” in the 1940s, they feared more than just sugary drinks. They saw Coca-Cola’s expanding empire as an American trojan horse—a delivery network that could double as an intelligence op...