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Cities have been reduced to centres of soulless materialism and their citizens to non-stop consumers. If we hope to create beautiful surroundings, a rethink is required.
The idea that the seminal series, The Paintings for the Temple, was the creation of Hilma af Klint alone should be abandoned. It was a project of collaboration between several wome..
Geopolitical trust is intrinsic to the making and breaking of states on the international scene.
The Middle East and North Africa's transition from authoritarianism to democracy has been slow and painful, with both hopeful gains as well as worrisome setbacks.
Quite how and when Vladimir Putin will lose power is unclear, but the inevitable event will offer Russia another opportunity to break with its Soviet past.
Citizens of the GDR were exposed to an idealised version of western freedoms made up of luxury shopping, blue jeans and cowboy flicks.
The Chinese leader’s doctrine is a study in banality. But it serves as an instrument of power for a ruler who can upend the lives of a billion souls.
Following the liberation of France in '44, Paris became a laboratory of ideas, a beehive of utopian projects and initiatives.
Throughout history, partisan forces fighting for liberty have garnered admiration and external support. What lessons can the West draw from the past to guide its support for Ukrain..
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