The Cleveland concert is but one of several bringing Ukrainian classical music—including that of Lyatoshynsky—into the mainstream symphonic repertoire worldwide. Lyatoshynsky’s Soviet musical legacy ...
Western sanctions have left Russia in dire financial circumstances — stuck somewhere between recession and stagnation. Though proven solutions exist for what now ails Russia, President Vladimir ...
The United States and the European Union have coordinated their sanctions against Russia for more than three years. In July 2017 the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly passed additional sanctions against ...
The status of women in Brazil is emblematic of the country’s internal tensions. Brazil is a country where a woman can become president; yet it also has one of the highest rates of femicide—the killing ...
Judicial independence is not a luxury but the bedrock of any functioning democracy. The reform risks turning courts into political battlegrounds by subjecting judicial appointments to popular vote.