Ari Paul / 23 Dec 2022
Taking Aim at Zelinskyy
America’s Antisemitic Right
The gloves are off. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Washington trip outed the Antisemitism of the pro-Putin right.(...)
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Charlie Bertsch / 16 Jun 2022
Re-Composing Poland
Regards / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer, by Matmos
With their latest release Regards / Ukłony dla Bogusław Schaeffer, American duo Matmos further close the gap between what is still classified, however anachronistically, as “classical” music and the pop idiom to which their brand of experimental electronica remains indebted.(...)
John Foster / 15 Apr 2022
Putting NATO in Its Place
Russia and the Ukraine War
Baron Ismay, who served as Secretary-General of NATO from 1952 to 1957, famously described its purpose as keeping “the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down”.(...)
Karolina Zbytniewska / 02 Dec 2021
Playing the Refugee Card
The Polish Border Crisis
Snow fell. The sight of it at first evoked a deeply ingrained childhood joy in me. However, a correction came almost immediately.(...)