Serbian political cartoonist Aleksandar Zograf digs into the substratum of human experience, what lies beneath consciousness.
The Surrealism of the Everyday in Serbia
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Europe & Central Asia
Turkey Haunted by Hubris
Two years ago, Turkey was on its way to being a player in Central Asia, a major power broker in the Middle East, and a driving force in international politics. Now it’s at war with one of its neighbors, at odds with regional powers, and plagued by internal insurgency. What happened?
What Happened to Europe?
Back in 1990, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the countries of East-Central Europe all had a common vision. After half a century yoked to the Soviet Union, the people of this region saw membership in the common European home as a guarantee of democratic governance, economic prosperity, and social stability. Twenty years later, membership in the European Union comes with no guarantees.
The Idea of Europe
“Euroskepticism” has crept into the hearts of eastern Europeans.
Though Bin Laden Was Hiding in Plain Sight, His Extreme Caution Tripped Him Up
Security knows security when it sees it.
What’s Not at the Museum of Broken Relationships: The Yugoslavian Six-way Marriage
Meanwhile, “Yugonostalgia” has been all the rage among a certain class of cognoscenti over the last few years.
Attacking the Nuclear Weapons-Industrial Complex on Both the Macro and Micro Levels
It’s sometimes lost on the arms control community that halting the spread of nuclear weapons begins at home.
Reading the Yugoslav Tribunal Prosecutor’s Memoir While in Serbia and Croatia
As chief prosecutor of the Yugoslav and Rwandan tribunals Carla Del Ponte found herself struggling uphill against institutional indifference and opposition.
Seminal New Book Shows Just How Little German Army Objected to Holocaust
The Wehrmacht only objected to the Third Reich’s policies of extermination when it looked like it might suffer the repercussions.
Taliban Compounds Crime of Shooting Malala With Its Legal Justifications
Now, the Taliban’s legal eagles have swooped down on Malala Yousufzai.