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01/12/2014 - 15:24

The general atmosphere of mistrust between Russia and the West, especially the United States, also has an impact on Middle Eastern issues.... →

22/11/2014 - 15:02

To read Benjamin and the story of his life is to open a world of knowledge – especially that of the last century, which begins to look like... →

16/11/2014 - 18:46

This sounds rather complicated, yet we know perfectly well what Woolf is talking about. A new kind of book might offer pleasures we haven’t... →

12/11/2014 - 14:00

They repeat the great mantras of the era: The president is the president of “stability,” the antithesis to the era of “confusion and... →

08/11/2014 - 20:45

Icons of the Holy Land Using many examples, Rubin shows how Rashi’s sketches became iconic representations of the Holy Land. They were... →

04/11/2014 - 13:51

“Tel Aviv Noir” exposes through short fiction the seamier sides of the Israeli city known as “the Bubble.” Akashic has previously published... →

29/10/2014 - 13:01

Galactic commons When the US was confronted with this query in the early 1950s, it lobbied for the recognition of outer space as a global... →

24/10/2014 - 12:40

Patrimonial states can be highly stable. They are constructed using the basic building blocks of human sociability, that is, the biological... →

19/10/2014 - 12:04

The whole colossal exercise was without any rational justification. Tsarist Russia was an inefficient country but, under the impact of... →

14/10/2014 - 13:10

Upon arrival in the vacation town, the couple encounters a problem with their hotel reservation and reluctantly ends up renting a room from... →

10/10/2014 - 11:43

In response to the White House announcement, NASA began looking for people to lead a series of 15 “capability” roadmap teams—formed around... →

02/10/2014 - 10:47

Stephanie Kelton Stephanie Kelton is chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is also editor-in-... →

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