Category: World

Why Voters Everywhere Are Fed Up With Incumbents

by Ian Bremmer in Time Magazine: With so many elections in big countries this year,…

In France, the Far Left Is King

Quico Toro in Persuasion: For weeks, pundits have been speculating that France’s snap legislative election…

The Real Modern Struggle: Democracy and Authoritarianism

by Mindy Clegg at 3 Quarks Daily: The Cold War ended somewhere between 1989 and…

Julian Assange—Journalist or Jerk?

By Matthew Gault at Newsweek: No person is just one thing. I believe that strongly…

Can a War Ever Be Just?

Phil Klay shares his views at Wisdom of Crowds: Morality and War: Two words that…

The New-Old Authoritarianism

From Project Syndicate: Over the past decade, Ruth Ben-Ghiat has emerged as one of the…

Fish Around the World are Shrinking

By Devika Rao in The Week: The world’s fish supply is getting smaller, physically. A…

The Year of Singing Politically: Eurovision Song Contest 2024, Sweden

By Philip V. Bohlman at OUP: Welcome to the show. Let everybody know I’m done…

Climate Change is Linked to Worsening Brain Diseases – New Study

Jo Adetunji at The Conversation: Climate change is making the symptoms of certain brain conditions…

Death of a President: What a Helicopter Crash Means for Iran, the U.S., and the World

Mehdi Hasan at Zeteo: This past weekend, a helicopter crash in the northwest province of…

Mayor Eric Adams Looks to Rome to Solve NYC’s Migrant Problem

By Justin Klawans at The Week: It is no secret that New York City has…

AI May Hold a Key to the Preservation of the Amazon Rainforest

Elliott Smith at MS LatAm: As the data and results from Guacamaya and PrevisIA continue…