David Smolansky with Cecilia Tornaghi, Americas Quart.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president in a defiant speech Wednesday before masses of anti-government demonstrators who took to the streets to demand President Nicolas Maduro's removal.
Jill Lepore, New Yorker
In an era of social media and fake news, journalists who have survived the print plunge have new foes to face.
Maxim Samorukov, Moscow Times
To an outside observer, Russia's passive sabotage of the Kosovo conflict resolution looks like all-out support of Serbia.
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
A proposed bill would make it hard for Ireland to remain one of Europe's leading technology hubs.
Judah Grunstein, World Politics Review
French author Michel Houellebecq, whose latest novel Serotonin was released earlier this month to widespread acclaim, has acquired the reputation of being something of a prophet. This is mainly because his previous effort, Submission, which envisioned an Islamicized France circa 2022, was released on the day of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January 2015. Another of his novels, Platform, which culminated with an Islamist terrorist attack on a tourist resort, was published a week before Sept. Читать дальше...
