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Articles tagged with war-and-national-security
On war and belonging, thirty years after the siege of Sarajevo began.
Poland and Russia both think of Ukraine as a seat of authentic Slavic culture. A new translation of Józef Czapski’s war memoir highlights how this has often clashed with Ukraine’s independence.
Condemning Putin’s war must go hand in hand with imagining a more just security order.
A pervasive ideology of “traditional values” has taken hold in Russia, portraying LGBT rights as existential threats to the nation.
Selected by The New York Times as one of the best reads for context on the current conflict, our book on the unwinding of the post–Cold War order is now available for all to read.
The war is shaped by global neoliberalism, sexism, and racism—not just Cold War dynamics.
Putin’s war in Ukraine breaks the rules, but powerful states always do. Far from dying, a just global order remains to be built.
The lawless—and ongoing—administration of the prison by four American presidents underwrites the broader democratic crisis we face today.
