More than a century ago, the Russians and the British played the Great Game for the control of Afghanistan. Immortalized in Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim,” this game defined three generations of soldiers, spies and diplomats. As the remarkable Rory Stewart records, the Great Game never ended.…
It should not come as a surprise that in Poland, a country where “Catholicism has gained institutional status and an official place within civil society,” religion is being exploited for political activism, including radical ones. Can a Non-Lethal Eco-Terrorism Strategy…
The European Commission could propose freezing European Union structural funds for Hungary and Poland over concerns for the rule of law before a Hungarian parliamentary election on 3 April, Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn said on Tuesday (25 January). “
In the midst of contentious debates around mandatory vaccines and possible arms shipments to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz seems to wish he could borrow Harry Potter’s cloak of invisibility. But his strategy of flying under the radar might be…
Portugal’s far-right Chega party has adopted a harsh line against the country’s Roma population ahead of Sunday’s snap election, accusing the community of welfare benefits abuse and crime. And with polls suggesting the upstart faction, which has just one seat…
Commandos who played a key role in helping American forces are waiting for visas in the United Arab Emirates, and are among the last of the evacuated Afghans to get a chance to reach the United States. Thousands of Afghans…
Democrats were cheered for strict lockdowns and pandemic precautions. Now many weary voters want to hear the party’s plan for living with the coronavirus. A vaccine center in Rochester Hills, Mich. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently said that the existence of…
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Criminal justice systems across Europe are overburdened by heavy caseloads, court delays, and backlogs (Photo: Peter Teffer) After Fiqiri was arrested for driving a vehicle without a licence, he was persuaded to plead guilty to avoid a potential jail sentence…
A federal panel of judges ordered state lawmakers to redraw the lines, saying Black voters “have less opportunity than other Alabamians” to elect candidates of their choice. Read in app Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have…