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The World in Brief
Winter 2026
In Kenya, restrictions on free speech extend from the streets to the screen.
Bravin Onditi
A brief review of the recent surge in racial book bans across U.S. schools, through the lens of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. An exploration of how these acts of censorship threaten democratic education, intellectual freedom, and the moral development of future citizens.
Mary Ellen Youtcheff
Colombia has faced a long history of violence. Gómez explores the scars left by this violence —- intergenerational trauma, desensitisation, societal mistrust — through the story of her mother’s life.
Gabriela Gomez Dominguez
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Dante’s famous quote perfectly encapsulates the feeling new Italian medical students face. By swapping one entrance test for three months of pressure, Italy shifts the bottleneck upstream without fixing the doctor shortage.
Constance di Mauro
How Kazakhstan’s capital market is learning trust before scale.
Diyarali Gainollauly
The new blueprint for Gaza claims to be apolitical, yet it places Western hands firmly in control of Palestinian land.
Reuben Arya
Elections are usually harbingers of change. That is not the case in Uganda.
Janice Nkajja
As artificial intelligence expands access, progress can appear inclusive. But for speakers of low-resource languages, the benefits remain uneven.
Grahesh Srinivas
Under Maduro, Venezuelans lost their right to free speech, protest, and vote. Since his capture, they wait to see if American rule will be any different.
Mariam Hajjar
Nuclear and renewable power are frequently depicted as two sides of a coin. The two shouldn’t compete, however. The transition to a cleaner electricity system requires both the expansion of renewables and maintenance of nuclear power.
Bertille Voisin
Elections are usually harbingers of change. That is not the case in Uganda.
Janice Nkajja
The European Union appeals to Charlemagne for identity, but history offers fewer solutions than the future.
Maxime Bouchet
As repression deepens in the Philippines, a new generation weighs fear against the necessity of dissent.
Vhon Michael Tobes
As president Zelensky's party dominates the legislature, the line between reform and autocracy grows thin.
Alisa Reviakina
Each and every one of Sierra Leone’s regimes vowed a new beginning; instead, corruption was the common thread between all of them.
Ibrahim Mustapha Fofanah
Three decades of selling off the state have left Italy poorer, more indebted, and dangerously exposed.
Alessandro Donati
Europe excels at planning and funding; turning those plans into real economic reform is another matter entirely.
Andrea Sirtori
Giving citizens a say over their taxes seems appealing...until it collides with the logic of democracy.
Eliot Forterre
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