perspectives

By ARTHUR KLEINMAN Given the array of provocations that have been exchanged over the East Mediterranean in recent months, one could be...

Last month, Russia voted on whether to approve 206 changes to approximately 60% of its Constitution. These changes included political...

Sweden hasn’t imposed a lockdown on its citizens and is instead keeping public spaces, including schools and restaurants, open. This...

A future after Covid-19 is a daunting thought. How might we be able to return to normality is an even more daunting question, as the...

During the 2008 financial crisis, many observers ventured to predict the impending collapse of the European single currency. Since 2016,...

On the 30th of March, democracy ended in Hungary. Recent liberal commentary concerning the emergence of populism throughout the western...

A decade and three subsequent general elections have passed since the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s ascension to government...

With his hand on a gold-embossed copy of the Russian constitution, Putin was sworn in for the fourth time in 2018, when he promised to...

On the 21st April 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comedian and complete political outsider, was swept to power in the Ukrainian...

In 2003, when Roman Polanski won the Academy Award for Best Director for his film The Pianist, he was met with thunderous applause and a...