Civilization

Stripped to its essence, the Brazilian presidential elections represent a direct clash between democracy and an early 21st Century neofascism, indeed between civilization and...

Par Pascal Boniface 17 mai 2018 ierre Conesa, spécialiste des questions géopolitiques, a occupé différentes fonctions au ministère de la Défense. Il est maître de conférences...

British energy pioneer warns of uncertain future while highlighting increasing probability of a ‘great transition’ By Nafeez Ahmed Jun 5, 2018 Published by INSURGE intelligence, a crowdfunded...

Some possible precipitating factors are already in place. How the West reacts to them will determine the world’s future, says Rachel Nuwer. By Rachel Nuwer 18...

The artist Hieronymus Bosch probably had the most prodigious imagination of his day. He was the great surrealist of the waning Middle Ages. His paintings were both a promise and a threat, intended to convey an idea of what would happen in paradise and, even more so, in hell. He created labyrinths of atrocities and a vocabulary of the bestial.

By Branko Milanovic Living in a post-modern city like New York has many advantages but some disadvantages too. Among the latter is the absence of...