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Myth or Symbol: What Shapes the Image of Russia’s Traditions?

Modern media, from state outlets to bloggers, give different emotional coloring to the actions of the authorities, while the myth of Russia’s traditions — constructed by Putin to legitimize the... Read full article

Ilya Ganpantsura - February 22, 2026

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Business
Carrots Beat Tariffs: How Smart Policy Attracts Manufacturing Investment
by John Manzella
Central & South Asia
Danantara: How State Capital Is Shaping the GoTo-Grab Merger
by Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara & Tabita Diela
Politics
The US Supreme Court Blinks: Tariffs, Partisan Justice and the Court-Packing Debate
by Pooka MacPhellimey
Culture
The Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Spectacle
by Elliot Neaman

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The Indian Subcontinent’s Hindu-Muslim Divide

by Ayan Rakshit, Atul Singh & Ishtiaq Ahmed

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Understanding the 1975 Autocratic “Emergency” in India

by Vikram K. Malkani, Atul Singh & Lee Thompson-Kolar

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The Story of World War II

by Atul Singh, Abul-Hasanat Siddique & Anton Schauble

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The Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein

by Ellis Cashmore

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Football and Politics: An Old Love Affair

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Marco Rubio Reassures Europe to Death

Europe craved reassurance at Munich. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio obliged by delivering hollow platitudes about shared history and...

Is Silicon Valley’s Next Big Export… Sainthood?

A world dominated by narcissistic celebrities and corporate propaganda is in dire need of a new...

Arms (Nuclear) and the Man (Epstein)

Two chilling stories converge this week: The Epstein files reveal an oligarchy operating beyond democratic oversight,...

Dollar Milkshake Theory Is Still Useful

Despite rising debt and excessive money printing, US Treasuries remain...

by Alex Gloy

The US Legal System is Being Hacked

by William Softky

Governance Without Legitimacy: The Kurdish Region’s Descent into Stagnation

by Shermeen Yousif

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The Dialectic: Narendra Modi’s Vegetarian Stalinism Has Ruined the Indian Economy

In this episode of The Dialectic, Atul Singh and Glenn Carle explain how India’s current leader has rolled back the 1991 economic reforms, restoring the extreme centralization of the socialist 1970s. Competitive populism and crony capitalism have led to a dumbbell economy where the babu...

by Glenn Carle & Atul Singh

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