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Sat, 27/02/2021 - 12:10
“Quo Vadis, Aida?” could do for the Srebrenica massacre what “Schindler’s List” accomplished for the Holocaust.
Fri, 26/02/2021 - 23:44
Democrats in Congress signaled they were uneasy with the move and are demanding answers from the White House.
Fri, 26/02/2021 - 21:37
The new U.S. president believes in the legitimacy of American power. Does the rest of the world?
Fri, 26/02/2021 - 21:28
One year after the world declared borders shut, there is still no plan to reduce the toll on millions of lives.
Fri, 26/02/2021 - 21:08
The Biden administration wants to downgrade the region. Here are the countries he can ignore—and the ones he can’t.
Fri, 26/02/2021 - 20:56
A long-awaited intelligence report comes as Biden reassesses the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Fri, 26/02/2021 - 20:56
A 2-century-old Indian Chinese community is threatened by tensions between the two countries.
Fri, 26/02/2021 - 19:23
False realities have been part of the U.S. political scene for decades.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 23:15
Targeted, sharp action to reverse the coup is urgently needed.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 22:32
Democracies have to learn how to manage some people’s innate fears of change.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 21:01
Even the best-intentioned cryptocurrencies can become scams.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 19:56
Ageism has colored the response to COVID-19 and is setting everyone up for a more difficult economic recovery.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 19:43
The U.S. president has already halted some arms sales to the Gulf. How he handles the rest will be a bellwether for progressives’ sway over his foreign policy.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 16:06
The African Continental Free Trade Area is already running up against the hard realities of the continent’s endemic trade barriers.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 14:47
The administration is moving quickly to reassert U.S. leadership but needs Beijing’s support for major initiatives.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 12:33
The new president wants his strategy to seem reassuring. It’s anything but.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 11:01
The 1994 Ethiopian Constitution celebrated self-determination, but it laid the groundwork for today’s violence. Devolution could offer a way out.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 10:31
Myanmar’s generals have proven they can survive sanctions. But sustained public pressure may be harder to endure.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 01:00
Led by student activists, the new civil-disobedience movement draws on the experience of older generations—but its methods and demands are a radical break with the past.
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 00:49
The World Health Organization team that spent weeks in Wuhan ended up giving Chinese authorities a propaganda victory.
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