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I’m sure I’m not the only person who secretly likes a one-star review. It’s awful to get one yourself (and I have, several ...
I am a regular listener to Ezra Klein’s podcast, and I’m a fan. There should be more podcasts that treat serious issues ...
Why journalism that refuses to simplify, refuses to look away from messy, contradictory realities remains essential to ...
Recent events in the South Caucasus show how the authoritarian playbook is exported and adapted to suit local contexts. From ...
Borders are liminal, notional spaces made more unstable by unparalleled migration, geopolitical ambition and the use of technology to transcend and, conversely, reinforce borders. Perhaps the most ...
A ban on protests is raising deep questions about who is considered part of the nation and what, exactly, Germany has learned from its history.
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is arming countries along European borders with surveillance tech and training to keep migrants out of Europe.
During his final month in Xinjiang, before he set off for Europe, Memettursun Omer’s Chinese handlers threatened him. Governments targeting journalists for repression and violence is nothing new.
Meet the Russian neo-Nazis fighting for Ukraine. Russian ultranationalists confronted their own government on the battlefields of Ukraine.
In small-town Kazakhstan, an experiment with the “smart city” model has some residents smiling. But it also signals the start of a new mass surveillance era for the Central Asian nation.