Joel Schalit / 09 Jul 2021
Everything is Field Recording
Learning From the BBC
Women were screaming. Gunfire echoed in the distance. A British accented voice drifted in and out, periodically commenting on the upheaval.(...)
Iran
Joel Schalit / 03 May 2021
The Cosmopolitan Ideal
May Day in Neukölln
The language was a victory by itself. Seeing the word "Yallah" spread across Karl-Marx-Straße, was like living in the best of all possible worlds.(...)
John Foster / 16 Apr 2021
Last Lesson From Vietnam
Afghanistan, or How to Stay at War
On 20 January 2001, George W. Bush was inaugurated as president of the United States.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 11 Mar 2021
When There is Here
The Glitterbeat Guide to Globalisation
Hamburg-based record label Glitterbeat provides a beacon of hope, not only for music lovers tired of hearing endless iterations of the tried-and-true, but for anyone who believes unapologetic cosmopolitanism is our only gateway to a brighter future.(...)
Joel Schalit / 07 Feb 2020
When Enemies Are Friends
Trump and Israel
It might as well have been a declaration of war.(...)
Joel Schalit / 13 Jan 2020
Two Scalps Are Better Than One
America and Islam
Nobody remembers al-Baghdadi. The head of ISIS, who was killed by American commandos in a nighttime raid in Syria, in October, was nowhere to be found.(...)
Mitchell Plitnick / 31 Jul 2019
Brexit Driving Iran Crisis
The BoJo-Trump Deal
Iran and a trade deal. The 26 July exchange could not have deferred more to Trump.(...)
Anna Ahronheim / 24 Jul 2019
Letting Go of Turkey
Why The West Failed
It could have changed Europe. Negotiating to join the EU since 2005, Turkey's aspirations, though still a government priority, could not be further from reality today.(...)
Josh White / 24 Jun 2019
The Death of the Iran Deal
European Foreign Policy, American Reality
We’ve all seen it before. The parade of missiles through Tehran and the lockstep procession of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.(...)
Mitchell Plitnick / 17 Jun 2019
Trump Against Iran
Europe in Crisis
The image of an oil tanker burning in the Gulf of Oman is a stern warning of the potential for war in the Middle East, as tensions continue to rise between the United States and Iran.(...)