According to Stephen Holmes and Ivan Krastev the recent protests in Russia have shattered the stability of the regime and have exposed its secret -- that Russia was barely governed at all by Vladimir Putin and that while he may have prevented anyone...
Was Robespierre a great revolutionary martyr or the world's first murderous dictator? Australian author and historian Peter McPhee provides new insights into the man. 罗伯斯皮尔是伟大的革命烈士还是世界上第一个谋杀的独裁者?澳...
The genome era began in 2001, with the successful reading of the three billion letters of DNA that make up the human genome. That triggered frenzied research activity, and high expectations of medical breakthroughs and new understandings of living th...
'On the Move' is an occasional LNL series looking at significant people movements around the world, and what they tell us about a particular region. In this first instalment, we focus on Greece in the European economic crisis. 《在行动》是LNL着重...
Author Jonathan Lear argues in his new book A Case for Irony that no genuinely human life is possible without irony. 作者约翰里尔在他的新书讽刺的案件中争论没有讽刺的人生是不可能的。...
The Clash of Ideas: The ideological battles that made the modern world, and will shape the future, is a collection of essays tracing the great debates that defined the 20th century as they played out in the pages of Foreign Affairs magazine . 在《外...
P. Sainath is an award-winning journalist who spends much of his time reporting on the extent of poverty in India's countryside and on the painful issue of farmer suicides. He talks about, how after 20 years of economic reform in India, inequality ha...
International war may be declining, but according to journalist Peter Hartcher and Professor John Mueller, we should remain vigilant. 国际战争的趋势可能在下降,但据记者彼得哈彻和教授约翰米勒的说法,我们仍然应该保持警...
Author, diplomat and journalist, Shashi Tharoor writes in Indian Forbes magazine that throughout history, men have waged war for power, wealth, land and occasionally over women. But rarely, except in the past two or three centuries have they gone to...
A wickedly humorous, incise and poignant account of the vicissitudes of growing old. 这是一个幽默尖锐讲述账户变迁的故事。...
Australian comedian, singer, songwriter, pianist Tim Minchin speaks to Phillip Adams about his life, his work and his current tour. 澳大利亚喜剧演员、歌手、作曲家、钢琴家蒂姆鸣奇尼接受菲利浦采访。为大家讲述他的生...
Do the classics have a future? 这种经典未来会如何？...
As rhetoric and tension escalates between Iran, the US and Israel, does this period compare to that of the Cuban Missile Crisis? 伊朗，美国和以色列间关系紧张日益升级,这一时期是否堪比古巴导弹危机?...
In Bruce Shapiro's first report for 2012 he focuses on the current race for the Republican nominee for this year's Presidential election. 布鲁斯夏皮罗在2012年的第一个报告着重论述了目前共和党候选人的总统竞选。...
Germany is the dominant economy in a struggling Europe. But it, too, faces probable recession this year, and is alienating its friends. 德国在挣扎的欧洲经济中占据主导地位。但这个国家今年也可能面临经济衰退,疏远其朋友...
