NGOs devoted to public works paradoxically became part of the wave of privatization that swept the region.
Organizing the Public in East-Central Europe
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Europe & Central Asia
Human Rights in Serbia
People commit crimes, and they get away with it. These are usually powerful people, like Iliya Pavlov, the head of Multigroup and Bulgaria’s wealthiest individual until a sniper took him out in 2003.
The Sunset of the “Celtic Tiger” Led to the Dawn of the “Horsewich”
The implosion of the Irish real estate bubble begat the Great Horsemeat Crisis.
Eating History
The GDR Museum in Berlin is actually two museums in one. And these two parts, both devoted to everyday life in the German Democratic Republic, subtly contradict one another. That might not have been the intention of the museum founders. But this tension actually captures the ambiguities of East Germany and the ambivalence that many Germans feel today about the erstwhile communist state.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Fragments
The U.S. military, “witch burning,” negotiations with Iran, among other affairs.
U.S. Could Take a Lesson From France on LGBT Rights
Adoption by gay couples proved to be an especially contentious issue in France.
The Bulgarian Turn
Sometimes interpeters have their fingers on the pulse of a country.
John Keegan: Soldiers and Pacifists Share the Same Qualities
Military historian John Keegan democratized war.
Low Fertility and Labor Shortages Might Save the World
The inexorable decline of global fertility rates will just as inexorably lead to more migration of the world’s people.
A Valentine’s Day Gift That Keeps on Giving
The United States is one of only seven countries not to ratify a landmark international agreement that affirms principles of fundamental human rights and equality for women.