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Some terms – such as “virtue signalling” – are irritating and illuminating in equal measure. The insult “grant eater”, which ...
In September, the International Criminal Court will conduct a confirmation of charges hearing against warlord Joseph Kony.
No one becomes an anti-corruption activist to make money, least of all in Ukraine. When I first met the co-founders of the ...
I was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the ‘ AI for Good Summit ’ this year, and I arrived at the venue with an open mind and hope for change. With a title “ AI for social good: the new face of ...
I’m sure I’m not the only person who secretly likes a one-star review. It’s awful to get one yourself (and I have, several times), but I have to admit that there is a nasty kind of pleasure to be had ...
When I lived in Bishkek 25 years ago, then-president Askar Akayev was so effusive in expressing his desire for Kyrgyzstan to become the Switzerland of Central Asia that the Swiss ambassador once joked ...
A panorama of destruction in the old city of Mosul. The conversation happened at a moment when the Middle East was literally on the brink of a wider war. The old fault lines – sectarian, geopolitical, ...
Recent events in the South Caucasus show how the authoritarian playbook is exported and adapted to suit local contexts. From Armenia’s clergy allegedly plotting coups, to Azerbaijan raiding Russian ...
I am a regular listener to Ezra Klein’s podcast, and I’m a fan. There should be more podcasts that treat serious issues seriously, but there’s something he said back in April when talking about the ...