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Palestine and the Subversion of International Law

How the UNRWA paradox underpins Israel’s policy of ethnic cleansing

June 17, 2024 • by Widad Tamimi

For Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, freedom of movement is non-existent. But to flee is to lose one’s right of return. International law underpins Israel’s policy of ethnic cleansing....

Palestine and the Subversion of International Law

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Mexico’s First Woman President Is Not a Fluke

Constitutional reform has led the country to hold some of the highest proportions of women in politics worldwide

June 6, 2024 • by Adriana Piatti-Crocker

Mexico has just elected its first woman president, the result of well-designed women-friendly policy. ...

Mexico’s First Woman President Is Not a Fluke

East Asia & Pacific

How Vanessa Chan Came to Write a Global Bestseller, The Storm We Made

A graduate of The New School’s MFA in Creative Writing shines a light on a rarely discussed period of Malaysian history

June 5, 2024 • by Evangeline Riddiford Graham

In the lonely period of the pandemic, Vanessa Chan could not get home to her family. In those years, she lost her mother. She sheltered in place. And she wrote her first book, The Storm We Made....

How Vanessa Chan Came to Write a Global Bestseller, <em>The Storm We Made</em>

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The Right Hand of the State and the American Left

Progressives are increasingly wary of the “national securitization of the state”

May 31, 2024 • by Basak Kus

The rift within the Democratic base stems not so much from disagreement over the left hand—which both sides support, albeit in varying ways and degrees—but over the excesses of the right hand....

The Right Hand of the State and the American Left

South Asia

The World’s “Largest Democracy”?

Modi leads India down a dark path

May 30, 2024 • by Udeepta Chakravarty

Corrosive nationalism and monarchic consciousness have become so normalized that other political forces, including the opposition, are now mimicking Modi’s practices....

Economy

Columbia University’s “Crisis”

A political economy sketch map

May 3, 2024 • by Adam Tooze

Questions of political economy are at the heart of the Columbia University protests....

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Liberalism Against Itself and the Return of the Cold War

An interview with Samuel Moyn

April 24, 2024 • by Julian Nicolai Hofmann and Samuel Moyn

Samuel Moyn annd Julian Nicolai Hofmann explore the resurgence of Cold War liberalism amid global crises. Through historical analysis, Moyn examines liberalism's evolution, highlighting its transformation and proposing a revival of its progressive elements for the future....

Liberalism Against Itself and the Return of the Cold War

Middle East & North Africa

Universalism in Dark Times

And why friendship and enlightenment flourish together

April 19, 2024 • by Omri Boehm

In his acceptance speech for the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding, Omri Boehm discusses the challenge of open discussion....

Europe & Central Asia

Putin and Patriarch Kirill’s Promise of Universal Liberation

Why some young men in America are converting to Orthodox Christianity

April 10, 2024 • by Katherine Kelaidis

Vladimir Putin is on track to be the longest reigning Russian leader since Catherine the Great. The two resilient despots have more in common than one might imagine. ...

Putin and Patriarch Kirill’s Promise of Universal Liberation

Middle East & North Africa

From the River to the Sea, There Is Space for Many Different Interpretations

Labeling the slogan “antisemitic” is a powerful tool used by Israel to deny the existence of the Palestinian people

April 9, 2024 • by Alon Confino and Amos Goldberg

It is often maintained that the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” expresses a genocidal and antisemitic intention. But this is generally not the case....

From the River to the Sea, There Is Space for Many Different Interpretations

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The French Politics of the Pantheon and the Monumental Hypocrisy of Emmanuel Macron

How recognizing the heroism of past immigrants serves as cover for a nation’s anti-immigrant present

April 8, 2024 • by Mitchell Abidor

It was striking that a center-right president like Emmanuel Macron, who has recently hardened his position on immigrants and immigration, would grant such a high honor to two immigrant Communists. ...

The French Politics of the Pantheon and the Monumental Hypocrisy of Emmanuel Macron

Indigenous Peoples

Belonging as Poetry in New Narratives on the Peopling of America

A new book reshapes how we talk about immigration

April 3, 2024 • by T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Alexandra Délano Alonso and Paloma Griffin

T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Alexandra Délano Alonso chat with Paloma Griffin about challenging conventional stories of immigration in their book NEW NARRATIVES OF THE PEOPLING OF AMERICA....