Behind the New Iron Curtain
Caviar, counterculture, and the cult of Stalin reborn Marzio G. Mian at Harper’s Magazine: Russia has become, to observers in the West, a distant, mysterious, and hostile land once again.
The Free-Speech Debate Is a Trap
Andrea Long Chu in New York Magazine: Last week, I was meant to deliver a talk at the 92nd Street Y’s Unterberg Poetry Center. That talk, along with the entire
Fragmenting Global Order: Build Geopolitical Resilience
A world connected and fragmenting “Geopolitical risk is at the top…the global order today is experiencing cross-cutting forces. On the one hand, according to McKinsey Global Institute research…, the ties
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Not Just an Object: Decolonizing Southasian Art in Berlin
A small, intricately carved ivory box from Sri Lanka was one of the highlights of a recent exhibition in Berlin aimed at ‘de-colonizing’ such artifacts By Kanika Gupta: As a
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SIFC: What is it? Pragmatism?
By ONLOOKER: On January 3rd (tomorrow), a meeting of the Apex Committee of SIFC has been called. It will be chaired by the Caretaker Prime Minister until elections are held
The Future of the Welfare State as Collective Insurance Against Uninsurable Risks
Renewal Editors’ note:Analysis of the welfare state tends to assume that welfare-related institutions andpractices develop along a well-trodden path, whereby shocks from outside mayinterrupt, but not alter, a given developmental
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An Excerpt From ‘Scent of a Woman’ (Video)
Shared by Hamza, an officer and a gentleman: An American movie released on this day; 23 December 1992. The movie is worth 2 hours and 37 minutes of your time
What are Farm Animals Thinking?
David Grimm in Science: You’d never mistake a goat for a dog, but on an unseasonably warm afternoon in early September, I almost do. I’m in a red-brick barn in
Arundhati Roy: On Palestinians, these are the languages of head of States, not of ordinary people (Video)
Arundhati Roy calls the siege of Gaza “a crime against humanity.” In a video address to the Munich Literature Festival yesterday, the human rights activist and Booker Prize-winning author of
A Communist Life
Alberto Toscano in Sidecar: ‘The free person thinks least of all of death, and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life.’ Toni Negri, who died in Paris
Predictions for 2024
Project Syndicate commentators make predictions for 2024: ALAA MURABIT Recent years have underscored the importance of recognizing and elevating community voices, and have highlighted the consequences of ignoring them. Nonetheless,
Indian Muslims And Rising Hindu Nationalism (Video)
Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot and Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy: The discussions by Dr Jaffrelot on rising Hindu Nationalism in India with the resultant increasing discrimination against the Indian Muslim population, both in
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