In western Germany, a struggling city
seeks to move beyond stereotypes
An icon of former coal country suffers high unemployment, low incomes and a bad image. It’s also misunderstood.
Saudi Arabia’s imagined worlds
Fiction has enabled authors to advance daring critiques of the kingdom’s social and political order.
In India, another step away from secularism
Construction of a Hindu temple provides Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist BJP a ‘mission accomplished’ moment.
The end of the clumsy autocrat?
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko learned the hard way that rigging an election may be passé. ICWA's managing editor asks if others will heed his example.
Hitler’s birthplace exposes tensions in Austria
There’s no easy solution for the yellow house in the town of Braunau.
India’s Muslim activists face trial by fire
As the Hindu nationalist government cracks down, student organizers are fighting back.
Lebanon is collapsing
The catastrophic blast at Beirut’s port is the latest example of the country’s institutions falling apart.
Tropical storms compound
El Salvador’s pandemic misery
The beginning of hurricane season tests the Bukele administration’s ability to respond in a crisis.
Hungary’s Orbán hands back emergency powers, leaving the door open for more
But much of what he did during the height of the pandemic went under the radar abroad.