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world

Browse through a selection of essays and book reviews filed under ‘world’.

The case against nihilism

Every generation believes that their own times are harder than any in the past and that inaction is the best path forward.

Stop reading the news

Rolf Dobelli

Vergangenheitsbewältigung is the need of the hour

As we inch dangerously close to a third world war it would help to look back to history for some lessons on how to correct our course.

A drive through China–Lanka

While China pours money into Sri Lanka, India chooses to keep mum.

How the far right became popular

Flawed ideas about national borders and fake news floating around social media must both be checked.