The chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and rapid fall of Kabul to the Taliban brought back in sharp focus the misguided policies of the George W. Bush administration that led the US into the War on Terror. In “To Start a War: How the...
China’s rise on the global stage has sparked both envy and fear across the globe. Much has been written about how China might reshape the international order, but few have taken the time to delve into the myriad Chinese actors and interests that c...
Today in Russia: Moscow's change in tone about the Taliban; Russia ready to work with Taliban, which it says is "restoring order; Russia jails 4 Crimean Tatars for "extremism"; Russia's battle for the Black Sea; Russia's inflation battle paying di...
In “Don’t Call it a Cult,” Vancouver-based investigative journalist Sarah Berman tells the story of the bizarre cult known as NXIVM. Founded by longtime pyramid scheme mastermind Keith Raniere in 1998 who referred to himself in t...
By many measures, 2020 was a year to forget. With natural disasters, a climate crisis, a vicious pandemic, a massive economic crisis, a cruel and dishonest president, unprecedented demands for racial justice and its corresponding ugly backlash, US...
Today in Russia: Prosecutor wants 6-year suspended sentence for Calvey; Election monitor decries new restrictions on live polling feeds; Proekt and more declared undesirable foreign agents; Russian swimmers suspended from Tokyo games over doping a...
Today in Russia: USA to Russia: the Black Sea is for everybody; Biden's Russian hacking 'moment or reckoning'; 19 bodies found from Kamchatka plane crash; Russia ready to activate Tajik military base as spillover from Afghanistan looms; American l...
Today in Russia: New US sanctions connected to Navalny; Belarus might face "Venezuela sanctions" as EU looks to hit Minsk where it hurts; Blowout in Armenian elections; Looming COVID-19 disaster, vaccine mandates, and vaccine skeptics
Today in Russia: "Overcoming mistrust" the name of the game at Biden-Putin meeting; US and Russian ambassadors will return to their posts; Sputnik V's EU approval delayed; You can have Navalny back when you admit he's a spy! Mandatory vaccination ...
Today in Russia: Open Skies comes to a close; Biden's big trip to Europe, the Putin-Biden finale, and some hurt feelings in Kyiv; Blinken makes headlines in Russia re Nord Stream 2; Nordgold's London (re-)listing; Moscow to restrict food exports a...
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