1. Manic “Change Round” In Sigmund Freud’s “Mourning and Melancholia,” the melancholic is in want of an object, never knowing exactly what they may have lost. Melancholy transforms the object-loss of mourning into
The latest remarks by Israel’s Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir have triggered international outrage, but they have also revived a more consequential question: how did views once associated with Israel’s radical political fringe
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The truth is that I had promised myself I would avoid the temptation to analyze the statements and behavior of Argentina’s President Milei. The reason: to keep myself as far away as
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Every August 15, India presents a familiar image to the world: the flag over the Red Fort, military ceremony, patriotic speeches and the celebration of the world’s largest democracy. Yet beyond the
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In August, right-wing billionaire Abelardo de la Espriella took office as Colombia’s president and vowed to move an agenda of the far right even though he won by less than a percentage
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In 1799, Francisco de Goya published Los Caprichos. Among his engravings was one destined to stand the test of time: a man sleeps, leaning over a table, whilst owls, bats and creatures of
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The death of Jason Arday, the former Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge, has opened a deeply uncomfortable debate about race, academic standards, institutional responsibility and the increasingly
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The Strait of Hormuz has long been one of the world’s most consequential energy chokepoints. Now, after nearly six months of conflict between the United States and Iran, its strategic importance is
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Javier Milei’s government recently suffered a double defeat. The first occurred in the streets, with massive protests against his plan to liberalize land purchases by foreigners. The second took place in the
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On August 7, 2026, four cadres of United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) surrendered before the 44 Assam Rifles and Longding Police at Wakka in Longding District, Arunachal Pradesh. The surrendered cadres
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At Europe’s biggest and busiest port, the consequences of a rapidly deepening drought are already being measured in extra barges, reduced cargoes and rising costs. With water levels on the Rhine at
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