Archive - Compass

June 2025

ICWA@100: Thelma’s shoes

Sharon Griffin Doorasamy on post-apartheid South Africa.

Jun 27 •

On The New Yorker

Harold Ross's gamble, 100 years on.

Jun 26 •

The velvet leash

When do people fight for their freedom?

Jun 25 •

Ilya Kolmanovsky

Introducing Compass

A new journal about global cultures and developments from the Institute of Current World Affairs.

Jun 19 •

‘This is not the end of moral universalism’

A conversation with Michael Ignatieff

Jun 18 •

Michael Ignatieff

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Is Trumpism exportable to Europe? Czechia may be a test case

The billionaire populist Andrej Babiš is running for his old job as prime minister.

Jun 18 •

Macron should call Trump’s bluff

When it comes to defense, Europe has the means to stick it to Washington.

Jun 18 •

Jean-Louis Doublet

Kafka’s The Trial: 1925 – 2025

A century after the novel’s publication, its portrait of arbitrary justice is increasingly relevant.

Jun 18 •

Ritchie Robertson

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