In a recent piece, “Making Sense of Vladimir Putin’s Long Game” by Atul Singh and Glenn Carle, the authors make the case that Russia’s president has an overarching plan to bring back the tsarist empire. They contend that Putin has thought…
Circulating on Telegram channels lately has been a 12-second video of a Chihuahua puppy snuggling up to a tiny, chirping chick, eventually resting its head upon the chick and falling asleep. The caption reads, “Love Animals, Hate Antifa.” If such…
Ten House Republicans voted to to charge President Donald J. Trump with inciting the Capitol attack. All of them are still struggling with the consequences. Before the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, members of Congress gathered at a joint session…
War crimes, genocide, torture, forced disappearances, crimes against humanity and other serious violations of international law have been characteristic of conflicts in the Arab world since even before they were codified in law. These crimes still occur in many Arab…
The most closely guarded secrets of the British government are currently being reviewed by Priti Patel, the home secretary, or minister of the interior, as she would be described in most countries. It is her duty to receive the reports…
Chief J. Thomas Manger, head of an agency still reeling from Jan. 6, plans to tell lawmakers he is already addressing most of the 103 recommendations from an internal watchdog. Chief J. Thomas Manger of the U.S. Capitol Police said…
Up to 70 migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean took refuge on an oil platform before being handed over to Tunisian authorities, energy giant Shell and a rescue charity said Tuesday (4 January). Rescue ship Louise Michel said it had…
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Italy’s parliament will start voting on January 24 for a new president, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi widely expected to take over despite the risk of destabilising the country’s post-pandemic recovery. Sergio Mattarella is stepping down on February 3 after…
In the summer of 2021, genocide scholar Dirk Moses published an article in the Swiss online journal Geschichte der Gegenwart (History of the Present) titled, “The German Catechism.” He argued that Germany’s sense of its special obligation to Jews after…