Mediators from the U.S., Egypt and Qatar will meet in Doha to try to broker a cease-fire deal, negotiations that… Continue reading
“Ukraine’s surprise advance into Russia a dilemma for Biden”, BBC News
Tom Bateman, State Department correspondent, 15 August 2024
Washington is absorbing the impact of Ukraine’s lightning assault into Russia’s Kursk… Continue reading
“Ukraine is advancing deeper into Russia, Zelenskiy says”, Reuters
By Guy Faulconbridge and Pavel Polityuk, August 14, 2024
People gather in the courtyard of a… Continue reading
“The British Economist Who Became a Celebrity With an Anti-Growth Pitch”, The New Republic
Nick Romeo/August 14, 2024
Tim Jackson found unlikely fame by arguing that slower growth will actually make us happier—and… Continue reading
“Iran’s Lebanon-Based Militia Hezbollah Prepares for Possible War”, Der Spiegel
By Christoph Reuter, Berlin, 14.08.2024
The heavily armed Hezbollah militia would play a central role in any armed conflict… Continue reading
“Europe’s southerners want Brussels to save them from climate change”, Politico
AUGUST 13, 2024
BY KARL MATHIESEN AND BARBARA MOENS
Ursula von der Leyen faces pressure from the south over climate… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: War, Human Rights, Hunger
The War The World Forgot, August 11, 2024, The New York Times Magazine
The world is… Continue reading
“How Kamala Harris Trusted Her Gut and Picked Tim Walz”, The New York Times
By Shane Goldmacher, Katie Rogers, Reid J. Epstein and Katie Glueck, August 7, 2024
The ambitious Josh… Continue reading
“Attacks on hospitals and aid blockade in El Fasher jeopardises lives”, Médecins Sans Frontières
Press Release, 1 August 2024
- Repeated attacks on healthcare facilities in El Fasher, Sudan, are causing the already heavy death… Continue reading
“Real Romans”, London Review of Books
Michael Kulikowski, 1 August 2024
The New Roman Empire: A History of Byzantium
by Anthony Kaldellis.… Continue reading