Harvard Kennedy School – Summer 2016 | Virtual Arsenal
IN THE EVENING of December 23, 2015, the lights went out in parts of Ukraine, plunging more than 225,000 households into darkness. In itself, a blackout in that part of…
Peter Pomerantsev: Why We’re Post-Fact
As his army blatantly annexed Crimea, Vladimir Putin went on TV and, with a smirk, told the world there were no Russian soldiers in Ukraine. He wasn’t lying so much…
The Threat Is Already Inside
The author claims that we should stop treating terrorism as exceptional and learn to deal with it more intelligently. Contains some good ideas, although I disagree with some of them,…
How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet | TIME
They’re turning the web into a cesspool of aggression and violence. What watching them is doing to the rest of us may be even worse Source: How Trolls Are Ruining…
Poland’s Constitutional Crisis | Foreign Affairs
After simmering for nine months, the tension between Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party and the country’s highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, is coming to a boil. Source: Poland’s…
Brexit’s Gifts to Putin | Foreign Affairs
Brexit is a gift that keeps giving – and Putin will reap his rewards for years to come. Brits and the rest of the EU – not so much. Vladimir…
The British Left’s Hypocritical Embrace of Islamism
The towering hypocrisy of the left’s support for the burkini and all the manifestations of Islamist fanaticism Anti-extremist campaigner Maajid Nawaz embodies grievances that liberals claim to care about. So…
Russian Envy | Foreign Affairs
Russian corruption is hardly new. In one form or another, cheating has been characteristic of the Russian state at least since 1648, when a new universal tax prompted what historians…
Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East’s Mess | Foreign Policy
Sometime in the 100 years since the Sykes-Picot agreement was signed, invoking its “end” became a thing among commentators, journalists, and analysts of the Middle… Source: Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot for…
Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine
How a strange new class of media outlet has arisen to take over our news feeds. Source: Inside Facebook’s (Totally Insane, Unintentionally Gigantic, Hyperpartisan) Political-Media Machine