Europe’s security outlook appears increasingly bleak. If Russia wins in Ukraine, a next attack is likely. Worse, conflicts across the broader region could merge. The West must act resolutely to prevent this.
Anastasia Bulybenka was 18 when she was first arrested for opposing Alexander Lukashenko’s violent regime. Like thousands of other political refugees from Belarus, she has found a precarious refuge in Lithuania.
At the end of November, wild riots involving anti-immigration demonstrators rocked Ireland's capital. The country has traditionally welcomed newcomers, but in Dublin's North Inner City, an influx of asylum-seekers is fueling decades-old social tensions.
With the north almost completely destroyed and the south full of refugees, the living conditions for more than two million Palestinians in Gaza are becoming ever more precarious.
Yeh Shu-hua has been a Chinese soldier, a prisoner of war and a supposed «anti-communist hero.» All while retaining his love for communist China. His story illustrates the tumultuous, often complex history of East Asia in the 20th century.