Month: December 2022

Radical Sympathies

Henry James praised Ivan Turgenev because, though the man possessed a pessimistic streak, in his novels he painted tender pictures that bled sympathy for all.

Iran Rejects UN Mission

Nasser Kanani, the Foreign Ministry spokesman asserted that there would be “no form of cooperation with this political committee which has been framed as a fact-finding committee.”

Anti-Trump Republicans Ready to Part with Conservatives

Neoconservative ideology is on a collision course with traditional conservatism. Where the former wants a more centralized government, the latter seeks solutions that strengthen local communities and give people as much power over their own lives as possible.

Albania’s Authoritarian Slide and the EU-Western Balkans Summit

It is easy to distinguish and denounce a full-blown dictatorship, one that haunts, censures, and kills thousands. It is less straightforward to spot a soft dictatorship in an EU candidate country.