TWI: Andrew Tabler on Syria’s energy crisis
To Ease Syria’s Energy Crisis, Assad Must Return to the Negotiating Table, by Andrew Tabler (Lebanon, Syria, 2005-2007) and Erik Yavorsky, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Dec 22, 2022
GRID: Emily Schultheis on Germany and QAnon
It’s Not Just QAnon: Why Germany Is a hotbed for Far-Right Conspiracy Movements, by Emily Schultheis (Germany, 2019-2021), GRID, December 22, 2022
Foreign Policy: Emily Schultheis on Europe and Russian energy
Europe Is Learning to Live Without Russian Energy, by Emily Schultheis (Germany, 2019-2021), Foreign Policy, December 21, 2022
Finance Uncovered: Malia Politzer and Simon Bowers on low-cost surrogacy
A team of journalists investigated potential ethical violations by one of the biggest players in the low-cost, international surrogacy business.
New Yorker: Astha Rajvanshi on a vanishing Indian village
A coal mining company run by Asia’s richest man is strip-mining tribal lands.
TLS: Gregory Feifer on two differing books about Putin
Philip Short and Mikhail Khodorkovsky with Martin Sixsmith have new books on the Russian president.
The Atlantic: Eve Fairbanks on cancel culture
Has concern about censorship itself threatened free speech?
Astha Rajvanshi report: Women and minorities in India
How the rise of Hindu nationalism affects Indian women and minorities.
TIME: Astha Rajvanshi on India’s ‘conversion therapy’
One woman fights to enforce the UN's global ban on the treatment in India.
New Lines: Neri Zilber on Israel-Lebanon agreement
The rights to the Qana-Sidon natural gas field flamed tensions between the two countries.