The latest movie adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel Dune, Dune: Part Two directed by Denis Villeneuve, has set truly intergalactic box office records, and been globally exalted by movie critics. Dune: Part Two has, of 24 March, hit over US$220 million in the United States domestic [...]
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Ukraine’s decentralization reform has been hailed as one of the country’s most successful since the 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity. Recently, a piece in Foreign Affairs claimed that Ukraine’s decentralization has ‘brought the country together’ in the face of Russia’s 2022 invasion, fostering [...]
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused humanitarian catastrophe and vast economic destruction. Ukraine has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for emergency financing, the European Commission has pledged €1.2 billion to the besieged nation, and the World Bank has positioned itself as a [...]
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The war in Donbas has raged for almost seven years. The conflict, fought between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and ‘pro-Russian’ separatist groups and primarily affecting the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetska and Luhanska, has continued since 2014. The war has been waged over a 427km contact [...]
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The release of the latest Marvel blockbuster, Avengers: Infinity War, has coincided with an age of political uncertainty and upheavals, and the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. Released in the current political climate of Trump, Brexit, and nuclear crises, with a resurgence of class struggle, so [...]
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