Timothy David Snyder

Timothy David Snyder is an American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. He is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.

October 25, 2026

Editor's Choice/News

France’s Student Protests Expose a Deepening Crisis of Inequality and Belonging

Moktar is 21, a university student from a modest Tunisian family, and one of thousands of young people who feel that France has closed the door on their future. He lives with

United States/World

Trump’s Midterm Election Threats Put US Electoral System on Alert

With 10 days remaining before the United States midterm elections, election officials, voting rights advocates and legal experts are warning that President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine confidence in the electoral system could intensify if the results favour the Democrats.

October 25, 2026

Nobel Laureate Mohammadi Says Iranian Society No Longer Accepts Islamic Republic

Iran/World

Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian human rights activist awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, says decades of repression have failed to extinguish demands for democracy,

AI Detection Controversy Forces Literary Publishers to Rethink Prize Submissions

Artificial Intelligence

The cancellation of a book launch in Madrid has exposed a growing challenge for literary publishers: how to verify the human origins of unpublished

Why Attack Iran?

March 1, 2026

Defence/Geopolitics

How do understand the war with Iran? We must get away from the propaganda and ask why this might be happening, in light of the facts that we do know. These facts

Elon’s Trump Administration: Of course it’s a coup

February 6, 2025

Diplomacy/Geopolitics/United States

Imagine if it had gone like this. Ten Tesla cybertrucks, painted in camouflage colors with a giant X on each roof, drive noisily through Washington DC. Tires screech. Out jump a couple