Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance
In her diaries, the German novelist recorded a life of watching and being watched.
Feb 22, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
‘Russiagate’ Is Revealing Alarming Truths About America’s Political-Media Elites ‘Russiagate’ Is Revealing Alarming Truths About America’s Political-Media Elites
Its allegations and practices suggest disdain for American institutions, principles, best interests, and indeed for the American people.
Feb 21, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
‘Shoot the Beasts on Sight’: The Far Right and Italy’s Elections ‘Shoot the Beasts on Sight’: The Far Right and Italy’s Elections
Their poisonous opposition to migrants, their loud rallies, and their fascistic violence dominate the run-up to the March 4 polling.
Feb 21, 2018 / Frederika Randall
The Far Right Is a Growing Threat in Greece The Far Right Is a Growing Threat in Greece
This is what happens when the ruling leftist party accepts austerity: polarization, fear, and “Trumpism on the Mediterranean.”
Feb 15, 2018 / Yiannis Baboulias
Life Among the Bundists Life Among the Bundists
Through his family history, Mark Mazower maps the upheavals and dislocations of early 20th-century Europe and Russia.
Feb 15, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Fitzpatrick
Meet the World’s Most Feared Antitrust Enforcer Meet the World’s Most Feared Antitrust Enforcer
Margrethe Vestager, the EU commissioner for competition, discusses leveling the economic playing field.
Feb 15, 2018 / Editorial / Mike Konczal
If America ‘Won the Cold War,’ Why Is There Now a ‘Second Cold War with Russia’? If America ‘Won the Cold War,’ Why Is There Now a ‘Second Cold War with Russia’?
The ongoing role of false narratives and historical fallacies.
Feb 14, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Can Germany’s Social Democrats Get Their Groove Back? Can Germany’s Social Democrats Get Their Groove Back?
The turn to neoliberalism demoralized the party—and helped fuel the rise of the extreme right.
Feb 9, 2018 / Jordan Stancil
Turkey’s New Constitutional Crisis Could End the Rule of Law Turkey’s New Constitutional Crisis Could End the Rule of Law
In refusing to release unjustly detained journalists, the lower courts are aiding President Erdogan’s repression.
Feb 8, 2018 / Constanze Letsch
Russiagate or Intelgate? Russiagate or Intelgate?
The publication of the Republican House Committee memo and reports of other documents increasingly suggest not only a “Russiagate” without Russia but also something darker: The “co...
Feb 7, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen