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Picture a teenager scrolling through social media late at night. A headline flashes by—something shocking about a celebrity, a politician, or a health scare. It’s written in bold letters, with an image that looks convincing. Without thinking too much, they hit share. Seconds later, it’s out there, sent to friends…
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There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes with being a small country forever caught in the gravitational pull of a larger, angrier neighbor. The Republic of Moldova knows this feeling intimately. This week, at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Russian Federation’s representative once again reached for the familiar script: Moldova, he claimed, is “militarizing”; it is turning itself into a “logistics hub” for Ukraine; it is inviting war onto its own territory. The accusations landed with all the weight of a legal brief typed on air. The Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the…
Imagine for a moment that you are a parent in Gaza. The bombs have been falling for months, your children have learned the sound of drones, and every night you wonder whether you will wake up. Then you hear that the British government, at the Labour Party conference, has reopened a resettlement scheme for refugees fleeing war and persecution. You hear that one in four referrals will be for Afghan women and girls and Palestinian refugees. For the first time in a long time, you allow yourself to feel something close to hope. But then the details begin to emerge,…
