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A mental and military turning point

GERMANY: How 'war-ready' should a country be? With a number of top positions in international politics, crisis management and security, security expert Carlo Masala is regarded as an undeniable authority in the field.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

This time – from the inside

CHINA: How much do we know about what the Chinese themselves think and say? In China, the transformation process from a traditional empire to a modern state has included the amalgamation of 56 ethnic groups. This anthology has a number of themes from China itself.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Older and newer tyrants

DESPOTER: The totalitarian regimes of the 20th century caused disasters and crimes of completely different dimensions than any pre-modern tyrants could have imagined. But what qualifies those in power over the centuries to become tyrants?
Ranveig Eckhoff -

The heyday of information capitalism

INTERNET: In 2017, two-thirds of Americans received large portions of their daily news dose via social media. The coincidence of financial capitalism and information technologies creates, according to Joseph Vogl, "resentment-driven echo chambers."
Luke Lehner -

Along the graves

Renowned author Navid Kermani invites you for a journey from Cologne to Isfahan, which travels through a vast array of borders, ruined landscapes and fortified history. To hope.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

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