The Hypnotist in the Kremlin
How Putin Has Used Fear and Disinformation to Neutralize the Russian Public – By Andrei Kolesnikov Situated on the Baltic Coast, the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is closer to Europe than any other part...
Category: International
Why Are There So Many Mass Shootings in the United States?
Latin America Points to an Explanation—and a Remedy By Paul Hirschfield ————————————————————————————————— Latin America suffers more lethal violence than any other region on earth. As of 2018, 43 of the 50 cities with the...
Iran on the Nuclear Brink – by Eric Brewer
The End of the Deal Would Leave Only Bad Options to Thwart a Dash for the Bomb Last month, Iran’s nuclear program entered dangerous new territory: Tehran now possesses enough highly enriched uranium for...
Leadership at War: How Putin and Zelensky Have Defined the Ukrainian Conflict – By Margaret MacMillan
If anyone doubts the importance of individual leaders in the shape of world events, surely the war in Ukraine has dispelled them. It is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war and no one else’s, just...
The new Russian cult of war
It has been growing unnoticed for some time On march 22nd, in a penal colony 1,000km north-east of the front lines around Kyiv, Alexei Navalny, the jailed leader of Russia’s opposition, was sentenced to...
The End of Globalization? What Russia’s War in Ukraine Means for the World Economy –
Over the last three weeks, the Russian economy has been overwhelmed by sanctions. Soon after the Kremlin invaded Ukraine, the West began seizing the assets of the wealthiest individuals close to Russian President Vladimir Putin,...
The Inside Story of WhatsApp Moderators, Who See the Worst Content on the Internet – BY BILLY PERRIGO
When Alex accepted a job interview at Accenture, the global professional services giant that performs content moderation for WhatsApp, one of the first questions the recruiter asked him was whether he was comfortable looking at child...
Three Warnings for Emerging Economies – KAUSHIK BASU
The most recent World Bank outlook for emerging markets and developing economies is especially significant because of the cautionary messages it contains. Whereas rich countries appear set to return to or even exceed their...
India’s COVID-19 Crisis Is Spiraling Out of Control. It Didn’t Have to Be This Way
Dusk is falling in the Indian capital, and the acrid smell of burning bodies fills the air. It’s the evening of April 26, and at a tiny crematorium in a Delhi suburb, seven funeral...
EU launches legal action against AstraZeneca due to vaccine shortages
The European Union confirmed Monday it’s taking legal action against AstraZeneca over shortfalls in the deliveries of its coronavirus vaccine. “Our priority is to ensure Covid-19 vaccine deliveries take place to protect the health of European Union,” the...
