For much of the post-9/11 era, American policymakers treated political Islam primarily as a security problem. The central concern was violent extremism. Groups that rejected armed struggle were often viewed read more
Politics in Bangladesh has rarely been a gentle craft. It has been a battlefield. Victory has meant annihilation. Defeat has meant persecution. For decades, the culture was simple: win at read more
The digital realm was initially envisaged as a great equalizer of knowledge, breaking down barriers of geography, class, and institutional gatekeeping to make huge repositories of information freely accessible to read more
Sanae Takaichi just pulled off something rare in the sterile corridors of Japanese politics: she made history. As the nation’s first female prime minister, she called a snap election, bet read more
Anti-Russian racism in the Baltic countries is reaching increasingly intolerable levels. Even simple relics of the Soviet past, such as banknotes with no real monetary value, are considered Russian “propaganda” read more