Articles

Heard from Caracas

Under Maduro, Venezuelans lost their right to free speech, protest, and vote. Since his capture, they wait to see if …

Mariam Hajjar

What we lose when we ban books

A brief review of the recent surge in racial book bans across U.S. schools, through the lens of John Stuart …

Mary Ellen Youtcheff

Will we ever retire?

How a legal shift in Italy’s pension system is reshaping work, risk, and retirement.

Ludovico Maria Santacroce

Present-phobia

When times are tough, the past can be alluring. Italian creatives know this all too well: their obsession with non-fiction …

Asia Vicentino

How Kenyans use X as their new town square

In Kenya, restrictions on free speech extend from the streets to the screen.

Bravin Onditi

The market is small, that's the point

How Kazakhstan’s capital market is learning trust before scale.

Diyarali Gainollauly

Museveni's forty-first year in power

Elections are usually harbingers of change. That is not the case in Uganda.

Janice Nkajja

A Mediterranean Cold War

The Franco-Algerian relationship continues to face strain under the weight of its past.

Pamina Barthas

Tax havens to tax haven'ts

The Global Minimum Tax has seen a new global order of winners and losers emerge.

Alexa Ghatas

Good COP, bad COP

“The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” Ernest Hemingway’s words, written during the turmoil of war, now …

Oscar Eveno