4 things to know about North and South Korea
North and South Korea explained in four questions and answers.
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Two systems, one headache: Hong Kong twenty years after the handover to China
Twenty years on from the handover of the British Crown colony, the people of Hong Kong are increasingly experiencing the vicissitudes of communism.
Speaking with: Tony Kevin on his return to Moscow and the new Cold War with Russia
Speaking with: Tony Kevin on his “Return to Moscow”
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William Isdale speaks to Tony Kevin about his experience living in Russia during the Cold War and what he found when he returned almost 50 years later.
4 things to know about North and South Korea
North and South Korea explained in four questions and answers.
‘Horseshoe theory’ is nonsense – the far right and far left have little in common
Both attack the status-quo, but for entirely different reasons.
Hungary’s assault on academic freedom is a threat to European principles
A move that could shut an independent university in Budapest poses fundamental questions about European values.
Fidel Castro: immortalised in photographs
Castro realised early on in his revolution just how powerful a tool photography could be.
Why calls for ‘unity’ are not enough: Look at the 1930s and 1940s
Previous efforts to cement national cohesion offer a model but also, says a historian, a warning.
Why China still can’t make sense of the Cultural Revolution
Five decades ago, China began a decade of devastating crackdowns and purges – and the causes are still poorly understood.
China’s huge punt on football needs a heart as well as deep pockets
Xi Jinping is spearheading an extraordinary bid to dominate the world's favourite sport. But will he take the Chinese people with him?
How politics played a major role in the signing of Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey liked to take credit for breaking the color barrier. In truth, it was the culmination of a long campaign waged by the left wing press and labor unions.
Skinnydipping, spies and shortages: Deutschland 83 brilliantly evokes life in East Germany
Don't mention the Cold War.
Explainer: what is Mao’s Little Red Book and why is everyone talking about it?
When John McDonnell read a quote from Chairman Mao in parliament, jaws hit the floor.
The man whose words brought down the Berlin Wall was far from a bumbling fool
Günter Schabowski's press conference in November 1989 helped trigger the collapse of the Berlin wall. Was it really as much of an accident as we like to think?
How the failed ideals of 1970s activists haunt post-apartheid South Africa
The egalitarian society envisioned by political activists and thinkers Rick Turner and Steve Biko has not been realised. But, they continue to inspire critiques of post-apartheid South Africa.
How Indonesia’s 1965-1966 anti-communist purge remade a nation and the world
In a watershed moment for Indonesia's history, the deadly 1965 anti-communist purge transformed Indonesia from an independent Asian nation in the midst of Cold War into a pro-Western country.
Why communism appears to be gaining favour in South Africa
The SACP is the oldest communist party in Africa, formed in 1921. It is one of only 20 parties which survived the anti-communist purge post independence. Its membership went through cycles over years.
With jihadists among us, is IS more of a threat than communism was?
Dire government warnings and counter-terrorism raids in our suburbs paint a picture of the worst threat Western nations have ever faced. A little historical perspective is in order.
Tarnished heroes: don’t dismiss them
The release of a documentary film in the Czech Republic earlier this year caused much controversy. It is about a dissident named Pavel Wonka who fought against the totalitarian regime in Communist Czechoslovakia…
Czechs and Slovaks still search for truth and love, 25 years after the Velvet Revolution
At the top of Wencelas Square on the front of the Czech National Museum in Prague hangs a giant poster depicting the playwright dissident and former president Vaclav Havel. The poster has been hung, in…
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