The news that Pakistan, Russia, and Belarus are working on a test freight railway connecting Minsk, Moscow, and Karachi may seem like just another infrastructure […]
Germany’s far right eyes small eastern state as springboard to national power
MERSEBURG, Germany — It’s here in this small, mostly rural eastern state of just two million people that Germany’s far right is laying the groundwork […]
French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann’s path to the Elysée faces surprise hurdle
PARIS — Raphaël Glucksmann’s dream of becoming the next president of France faces an unexpected obstacle: winning a center-left primary that’s just become surprisingly competitive. […]
Neutralisation protocol: the hidden safety system safeguarding lives at every launch
The Flight Safety Division monitors Ariane 6’s trajectory in real time and can trigger its automatic destruction to protect people on the ground. Euronews spoke […]
Pezeshkian’s Son Says Iranians Will Survive Without Enriching Uranium
As the conflict in the Persian Gulf continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver […]
Special Criminal Court: Guen trial resumes with closing arguments
The fourth trial at the Special Criminal Court begins its closing arguments on Monday August 31. Before the conclusion of hearings on June 11, Edmond […]
China’s visa-free boom is rewriting inbound tourism
On August 20, China’s National Immigration Administration expanded the 240-hour visa-free transit policy to two more countries — Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam — bringing the number […]
US sanctions on Iran are right but wrongly sequenced
The US-Israeli war against Iran passed its six-month mark this week, and on August 24, the bill for two decades of hosting American power came […]
Ministry Names Kenyan Farmers Set to Benefit From China Duty-Free Deal
Kenya imported goods worth about Ksh557.9 billion from China in 2024, compared with exports worth approximately Ksh25.4 billion, highlighting the need to increase Kenyan products […]
The World That Woke 2.0 Seeks to Build
In my previous essay, I argued that Woke 1.0’s central failure was not its analysis or the conclusions it drew. The failure—what proved to be […]
How Taylor Sheridan’s Fever Dreams Explain MAGA Foreign Policy (Neon Liberalism #88, with SecDef Rock)
Samantha and the pseudonymous commentator Secretary of Defense Rock talk “Lioness,” “Sicario,” and the broader Taylor Sheridan-verse as a Rosetta stone for untangling right-wing policy […]
New Declarations
By invoking the American Revolution, twentieth-century anticolonial figures connected their project with the movement for civil rights in the United States.
Texas and Georgia races show voters are finally sick of MAGA corruption
It’s easy to see why Ken Paxton thought he could waltz right into the role of senator from Texas. Sure, the state’s Republican nominee and […]
“Local control” of data centers is a Big Tech con
Despite efforts to tout AI infrastructure as a boon to the American economy, as well as a home-field advantage to a country steeped in capitalistic […]
The Latest News Across Civil Society
Read Civil Society Europe’s Summer 2026 Newsletter and subscribe here if you want to have receive future newsletters. What has CSE been up to? Democracy […]
China will stop Russia from going nuclear, Finland’s Stubb says
China has privately assured Finland that it would not allow Russia to use nuclear weapons, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in an interview. Speaking exclusively […]
Boss of Orbán-backed MCC Brussels quits, saying staff have not been paid
The head of the EU’s most prominent right-wing think tank, MCC Brussels, has resigned, accusing its financial backers of failing to pay staff. In a […]
How telcos are equipping the next generation for an AI-driven future
AI is becoming a bigger part of everyday life, and telecoms companies are looking at new ways to help young people understand and make the […]
Bewilderment after Trump’s ‘out of touch’ interview with Trey Gowdy: ‘Pathetic stuff’
President Donald Trump’s strange interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy on Sunday night bewildered the president’s critics. Trump appeared on “Sunday Night in America” […]
‘Hard to watch’: MAGA influencer’s appalling Fox News hit nauseates critics
A MAGA influencer left his critics nauseated after a recent Fox News hit. Cam Higby, a producer at the MAGA-aligned Prager University, recently appeared on […]