“Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where w...
Greenland is an island mired in inconsistencies and ironies. It is named after a color, yet its tundra is a bleak white. It is the largest island in the world, a landmass three times the size of Texas, yet only 60,000 people call it home. While gigan...
When Americans are presented with the word “coca,” their mind likely jumps to cocaine. In fact, the two are often conflated as one and the same: a dangerous drug banned by law and whose production and sale are subject to intense criminal regulati...
The pursuit of transitional justice has proven to be a very problematic process in different forms and degrees throughout post-communist Eastern Europe. Since the collapse of the communist regimes in 1989, most governments of these post-communist cou...
The pursuit of transitional justice has proven to be a very problematic process in different forms and degrees throughout post-communist Eastern Europe. Since the collapse of the communist regimes in 1989, most governments of these post-communist cou...
On a recent stay in Dubai, I was bombarded by a very deceptive nicety, one that politely greets customers at every meal: “saha wa hana,” which roughly translates into “to good health and happiness.” It sounds pleasant and poetic—it rolls of...
On a recent stay in Dubai, I was bombarded by a very deceptive nicety, one that politely greets customers at every meal: “saha wa hana,” which roughly translates into “to good health and happiness.” It sounds pleasant and poetic—it rolls of...
It is an image that has become familiar to us all. Figures with black tape placed over their mouths hold signs that say “journalism is not a crime.” In the last year, this image, promoted by influential journalists like Christiane Amanpour, has p...
It is an image that has become familiar to us all. Figures with black tape placed over their mouths hold signs that say “journalism is not a crime.” In the last year, this image, promoted by influential journalists like Christiane Amanpour, has p...
While people across the world celebrated the New Year, the people of Lithuania changed more than just their calendars. As of January 1, 2015, Lithuania has officially adopted the Euro as its currency. Although the litas, Lithuania’s old currenc...
While people across the world celebrated the New Year, the people of Lithuania changed more than just their calendars. As of January 1, 2015, Lithuania has officially adopted the Euro as its currency. Although the litas, Lithuania’s old currenc...
On January 23rd, a new king acceded the throne as head of the House of Saud and leader of Saudi Arabia in a smooth and uneventful transition. The new King Salman vowed continuity and an adherence to the policies of his predecessor. However, such a pe...
On January 23rd, a new king acceded the throne as head of the House of Saud and leader of Saudi Arabia in a smooth and uneventful transition. The new King Salman vowed continuity and an adherence to the policies of his predecessor. However, such a pe...
“Tragic Ball in Colombey – one dead”. This was to be the last headline of “Hara-Kiri”, predecessor to Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine targeted in a shooting in Paris on January 7, 2015 which left 12 people dead. Hara-Kiri’s ...
“Tragic Ball in Colombey – one dead”. This was to be the last headline of “Hara-Kiri”, predecessor to Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine targeted in a shooting in Paris on January 7, 2015 which left 12 people dead. Hara-Kiri’s ...
In São Paolo, water consumption remains high, rainwater is at a record low and, not too suddenly, the city is facing its worst hydric crisis in the last 80 years. The Cantareira — the reservoir system that supplies 8.8 million people in the greate...
In São Paolo, water consumption remains high, rainwater is at a record low and, not too suddenly, the city is facing its worst hydric crisis in the last 80 years. The Cantareira — the reservoir system that supplies 8.8 million people in the greate...
Valentine’s Day was another day of broken hearts, this year in Nigeria. February 14 was scheduled to be the date of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, “tipped to be the closest since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999;...
Valentine’s Day was another day of broken hearts, this year in Nigeria. February 14 was scheduled to be the date of the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, “tipped to be the closest since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999;...
On January 18, the prominent Argentine lawyer Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires. Nisman had been commissioned since 2005 to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, the most notorious terrorist att...
On January 18, the prominent Argentine lawyer Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires. Nisman had been commissioned since 2005 to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, the most notorious terrorist att...
In spite of distance and lack of discussion in the news media, the East Asian nation of Japan has played a very important role in the history of terrorist and extremist groups in the Middle East. While the headlines may currently focus on the recent ...
In spite of distance and lack of discussion in the news media, the East Asian nation of Japan has played a very important role in the history of terrorist and extremist groups in the Middle East. While the headlines may currently focus on the recent ...
Have you stopped playing sports? Do the TV shows you used to love no longer interest you? Are you spending more time alone or thinking of abandoning your career goals? If you answered in the affirmative to one or more of these questions, a new French...
Have you stopped playing sports? Do the TV shows you used to love no longer interest you? Are you spending more time alone or thinking of abandoning your career goals? If you answered in the affirmative to one or more of these questions, a new French...
In the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris a number of debates have re-emerged in Europe around the status of immigrant communities, the place of Judaism and Islam, the separation of religion and state, freedom of speech and its limita...
In the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris a number of debates have re-emerged in Europe around the status of immigrant communities, the place of Judaism and Islam, the separation of religion and state, freedom of speech and its limita...