Welke lessen kunnen we leren uit de Koude Oorlog? Wat zijn de parallellen van het militaire bedrijf van toen met het heden?

Sedert het uitbreken van de oorlog tussen Rusland en Oekraïne in februari 2022 is de spanning tussen de Navo-landen en het Rusland van Poetin enorm opgelopen. De westerse wereld is zich weer volledig bewust geworden van het dreigende gevaar uit het oosten. Alle inspanningen zijn erop gericht de eigen westerse wereld te beschermen tegen de agressie van Russische imperial...

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Forests have been entwined with human development and cultural history for centuries. In this Very Short Introduction Jaboury Ghazoul explores their origins, dynamics, and the range of goods and services they provide to human society, as well as looking at issues of deforestation, reforestation, and the effects of climate change.

An original and consequential argument about race, crime, and the law

Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, the author argues provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others.

Global Discontents is an essential guide to geopolitics and how to fight back, from the world's leading public intellectual

What kind of world are we leaving to our grandchildren? How are the discontents kindled today likely to blaze and explode tomorrow?

From escalating climate change to the devastation in Syria, pandemic state surveillance to looming nuclear war, Noam Chomsky takes stock of the world today. Over the course of ten conversations with long-time collaborator D...