Charlie Bertsch / 18 May 2022
The Thomas Mann Mountain
Learning to Read Again
As I made my way up the trail, the late-afternoon sun temporarily muted by clouds, I suddenly realised how strange my situation was.(...)
WWII
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 07 May 2022
How to Read Russia
First Person Lessons
The sudden reset in Russia relations has thrown everything up in the air.(...)
Joel Schalit / 19 Apr 2022
Ukraine War Abroad
The View From Torino
Ukraine is everywhere. Wherever you look, from newspapers to graffiti and TV, everyone is talking about it.
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John Foster / 03 Dec 2021
The Southern Question
The Rebirth of Italian Communism, by David Broder
Italy occupies a peculiar place in the history of the left.(...)
Drasko Duranovic / 15 Jun 2021
The Urine Stench of Freedom
Montenegro in Crisis
His name doesn't matter. He is from Niksic, but he could be from any city of this new "liberated" Montenegro.(...)
John Foster / 11 Jun 2021
Fascist Identity Politics
Germany: A Nation in Its Time, by Helmut Walser Smith
Nationalism has been the most influential politics in Europe since the dawn of the 19th century (to say nothing for the moment about the wider world).(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 21 May 2021
Anti-Populist Italy
Taking Responsibility for Refugees
The recent Italian films The Life Ahead (La vita davanti a sé) and Mom to Hundreds (Tutto il giorno davanti) thematise the plight of underage migrants from the developing world, seeking to extract maximum sentiment from audiences.(...)
John Foster / 26 Jun 2020
Always Fighting Fascism
Theodor Adorno’s Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism
No experience marked the life and work of Theodor Adorno so deeply as the confrontation with National Socialism. (...)
John Foster / 08 Jun 2020
Buried By Trump
The American Century is Finally Over
The narrative of the Atlantic world since the end of the Second World War has been one of American leadership. (...)
Maxim Edwards / 08 Apr 2020
The Coronavirus Dictatorship Plan
Orbán’s Viral Gambit
As Hungary gets to grips with fighting the coronavirus pandemic, strongman Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is in the spotlight of another international scandal. (...)