World
Scorched Earth: On Bolsonaro’s One-Man Crusade Against Environmentalism in Brazil
“It’s a tragedy that biomes so important for life on the planet are under the control of people so irresponsibly uncommitted to it.”
When the Future Buries the Past: The UAE-Israel Normalization
We do not know today, nor will we know for a while, exactly what this deal has changed for Israel’s approach to the Palestinians. But what we do know for sure is that as a result of this deal, Israel and its Prime Minister are stronger than they have been for years, and the Palestinians will likely come to feel this might in the near future.
Round Two—Knocking out COVID-19 in Europe
From younger people’s impropriety to excessive travel to vague guidelines, confounding factors are pushing Europe to the brink of a large second wave.
A Battle for Oil: Turkey vs. the Eastern Mediterranean
Skyscrapers and international corporations are nestled aside Ankara’s grand Kocatepe mosque, with Istanbul and Europe lying to the West and the Middle East and Asia to the right. Despite the Turkish Republic’s unique history of cultural connections, Turkey finds itself more diplomatically isolated today than ever before.
A New Act in the Pacific Theater
China’s growing assertiveness and the United States’ increasing isolationism will likely result in more persecution, oppression, and violence around the world in the coming years.
No “Integrity” Here: Why Caster Semenya Deserves to Run Free
Why do we celebrate male athletes with physical advantages but punish women for being too good?
Donald of Arabia: Is President Trump Fueling a Nuclear Arms Race in the Persian Gulf?
If MBS’s nuclear ambitions come to fruition, he will have played Trump in the most obvious and alarming way.
Doubt in our Democracy: The Peril of the Foreign Collusion Narrative
But the main driver of media polarization was certainly not troll posts from Russia. These are the results of the profit-driven, clickbait based terrain we reside in.