Suhas Palshikar, Indian Express
From a long and inhuman lockdown to political blame game and one-upmanship, here are five instances of misgovernance during the last 15 months.
Gideon Rahat, TOI
What if I told you that had Israel adopted several reforms proposed in recent years, it would now be a country with a stable government and a state budget? Without a fourth election, without a political imbroglio, and without long-term caretaker governments. All of this would hold true even if the public remained split down the middle (between the pro-Bibi and anti-Bibi camps, for example), and the "tribal" divisions in the preferences, lifestyles, values, and interests... Читать дальше...
Francis Gavin, War on the Rocks
Scholarship is not only about discovery of the new. It is also about challenging the old, or rather, what we think we already know. This can be difficult, even controversial, and never more so than when the subject being reexamined and revised is our own history. It is easy to forget that history is not simply a recounting of what has happened, but also the way we decide to remember, recount, and make sense of the past.
Mary Beard with Josh Spero, Financial Times
The classicist on why the study of Greece and Rome matters in the Netflix age — and how to beat Boris Johnson in a debate
B. Bowman & R. Brobst, Def News
Greece hosted the Iniochos 2021 military exercise in April, welcoming military forces from the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus and a number of other nations. In addition to improving military readiness and strengthening the ability of the respective militaries...
