Must Reads

Foreign Policy: Protest fails because of relationships. A central aspect of why there has been no comparable protest movement in China since the Tiananmen movement is the surveillance in public and private spaces. Users can be punished not only for sharing certain content on social networks, but also for messages in private chats. Read the article.

Kyiv Independent: Putin propaganda in Washington. Although Russia is waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, so-called „Russian houses,“ which now serve as a propaganda tool for the Kremlin, are still in operation in many countries. To the article.

WPR: Climate change exacerbates conflicts. India’s temporary suspension of the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan and China’s increasing influence on regional water resources and infrastructure have further exacerbated tensions in South Asia. Read the article.

Foreign Affairs: Ideological ballast. The Israeli military operation is increasingly being shaped by the ideological goals of the radical right-wing parties in the cabinet, which are striving for a permanent occupation of Gaza. Research Fellow Assaf Orion suspects that the war could become ever more widespread in the future, at a cost to Israelis and Palestinians. Read the article.

New York Times: Unprepared for drones. The drone strikes over the skies of Russia and Ukraine show Western countries that they are not sufficiently prepared for new forms of warfare. Read the article.