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Ian Buruma

Ian Buruma

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The Case for Israel Remains Valid

NEW YORK – In 2009, the late British historian Tony Judt argued that Israel’s identity as a uniquely Jewish state was “bad for Israel” and...

01.04.2024 30

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Alexei Navalny Did Not Die for Nothing

NEW YORK – On January 17, 2021, when Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny boarded a plane to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been treated after...

01.03.2024 30

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The Threat of Messianic Politics

NEW YORK – On January 22, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrated the Ram Mandir, a vast new Hindu temple in Ayodhya. Cast as “the high...

29.01.2024 30

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The Culture War at Harvard and Beyond

NEW YORK – Claudine Gay, Harvard University’s first Black female president, was forced to resign after weeks of pressure to step down. But...

08.01.2024 30

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The Rage of the Outsiders

AMSTERDAM – One of the biggest mistakes I ever made as a journalist was to underestimate Geert Wilders, now the leader (and only formal member) of...

27.11.2023 10

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The Futility of Evil

NEW YORK – In 2002, during a visit to Ramallah, Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese writer José Saramago compared the living conditions of Palestinians...

02.11.2023 20

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Seeing Through the Fog of Immigration

NEW YORK – If she was not already the bête noire of British liberals, UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s recent string of statements has...

10.10.2023 10

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