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In the years before World War I, Jean Jaurès was one of the leaders of the international workers’ movement — and he was ...

General Lucky Irabor’s SCARS leaves readers not with despair, but with hope — the hope that confronting our scars honestly is ...

Lugano, Switzerland, October 17, 2025 — One of the most recent and thought-provoking entries in the acclaimed Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series offers a deep and nuanced exploration of how modern ...

Raila Odinga’s death marks the end of a political career spanning more than four decades, during which he served as the chief ...

This is not a polite debate nor an exact translation of a previous article. It is, rather, a warning from the European ...

Donald Trump had lost the election. The January 6th Capitol riot was seen as an irredeemable scandal. The pandemic was raging ...

Analysis - Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the ...