Hannah Arendt would have found a lot to dislike about today’s Russia. But she would have loved Pussy Riot.
Charlie Hebdo and the Project of French Identity
What to do when you are no longer the next universal vision for humanity?
10 Facts: Why European Women Are Leaning In
When it came to women working, the United States once led. Now it lags.
8 Facts: Manufacturing’s Shrinking Share of U.S. GDP
Americans have traded jobs in manufacturing for jobs in the service sector.
Kaliningrad: Achilles’ Heel for the West
Kaliningrad could be Putin’s and Russia’s best diplomatic card in 2015.
Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations?
Is the real problem between Islam and the West — or within Islam itself?
Greek Theater and Europe’s Future
Why politicians welcome the Grexit debate – and why it will do little to solve Europe’s woes.
The Human Side of North Korea
North Koreans aren’t the robots they are often portrayed as in Western newspapers and magazines.
When America Simply Shrugs
Despite a plethora of quite fixable problems, Americans seem increasingly inclined just to look the other way.

























