Mar 31, 2020Frank Snowden & Elmira Bayrasli
discuss how global health crises have restructured societies in the past, and what lessons we can take from them in dealing with COVID-19.
Recent developments that look like triumphs of religious fundamentalism represent not a return of religion in politics, but simply the return of the political as such. If they look foreign to Western eyes, that is because the West no longer stands for anything Westerners are willing to fight and die for.
thinks the prosperous West no longer understands what genuine political struggle looks like.
Readers seeking a self-critical analysis of the former German chancellor’s 16-year tenure will be disappointed by her long-awaited memoir, as she offers neither a mea culpa nor even an acknowledgment of her missteps. Still, the book provides a rare glimpse into the mind of a remarkable politician.
highlights how and why the former German chancellor’s legacy has soured in the three years since she left power.