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Fear and Fatalism in Kiev
More than a hundred and twenty thousand Russian troops are sitting on Ukraine’s border, with talks still underway to reduce tensions, but no sign of …
4 years, 6 months ago
Russa’s Troops: Not Really a Threat to Ukraine?
Russia's tense stand-off with Ukraine might seem like a straightforward case of one country menacing another, with about a hundred and twenty thousan…
4 years, 6 months ago
Searching for Mexico's Drug War Disappeared
The drug-related violence in Mexico is sometimes described as being “like a war.” Certainly the death toll justifies calling it that, with three hund…
4 years, 6 months ago
Serbia and Djokovic: More Than a Matter of Tennis
When Novak Djokovic landed in Melbourne, few could have imagined that his impending encounters on the tennis court would be upstaged by a legal battl…
4 years, 6 months ago
Uncovering China's Internet Trolls
Plenty of journalists have had the experience of being “trolled” – attacked on social media for what they have written or said, often in terms which …
4 years, 7 months ago
2022: A Year of Recovery?
What are you hoping for in the twelve months ahead? What might you be fearing? These are questions which we often ask ourselves at this time of year,…
4 years, 7 months ago
Turkey's Cost of Living CrisisTurkey's Cost of Living Crisis
What is it like to spend years saving up your money, and then watch as its value rapidly declines? Or to have a pension which no longer pays for even…
4 years, 7 months ago
Madagascar: The Threat of Starvation
Madagascar is the second largest island nation in the world, yet quietly, largely unreported, its people are falling into starvation. 1.3 million are…
4 years, 7 months ago
Sleepless in Seoul: South Korea’s Exhausted Workforce
This year's surprise international television success is the dystopian South Korean series, Squid Game, which imagines people competing in a series o…
4 years, 8 months ago
Anti-Lockdown Protests Hit The Netherlands
History has long seen people protest against government-imposed restrictions, designed to stem pandemics. Meanwhile, opposition to vaccination is as …
4 years, 8 months ago