Sirens on Cyprus: how war is reawakening the island's past traumas

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Thwarted: What now for Meloni?

Italy's failed referendum, trial by jury at risk in the UK, and elections in Denmark and France. Then: what a mutiny at high sea tells us about (un)freedom, North Korea's forced labor program, Central Asian migrants' exodus from Russia, and FC Barcelona's labor violations. + http ...  Show more

Extendend interview: Dr Roham Alvandi on Iran, Britain, and the futures that might have been

From Cold War power games to the cultural aspirations of the Pahlavi era, this extended conversation pulls back the curtain on the global forces that continue to shape - and be shaped by - Iran today. Dr Roham Alvandi is Director of the Iranian History Initiative at the London Sc ...  Show more

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