Europe/Central Asia

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  Dispatch

  Whose Art Thou? On a Few Discursive Aspects of Russia’s Military Intervention

  April 21, 2014 - 

  The Saint Petersburg-based poet Pavel Arsenyev dissects the ambiguous rhetoric surrounding Russia’s invasion of Crimea.  More

  By Pavel Arsenyev

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  Dispatch

  Of Crimea and Other Crises: Drawings by Dan Perjovschi

  April 8, 2014 - 

  One of Romania’s best-known artists, Dan Perjovschi, shares drawings that ironically address Russia’s occupation of Crimea as well as today’s worldwide crises of inequality, debt and surveillance.  More

  By Dan Perjovschi

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  Election Report

  The Day the Taliban Took Kabul

  March 24, 2014 - 

  When the Taliban first entered Kabul in 1996, writer Habib Zahori was hopeful their presence would usher in an era of peace and stability after years of civil war. His optimism quickly soured. Now, with Afghanistan’s presidential elections and the American troop withdrawal on the horizon, Zahori explains why political transition invokes a sense of wariness.  More

  By Habib Zahori

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  Feature

  Before the Fall: Photos and Video of Ukraine’s Euromaidan Protests

  March 4, 2014 - 

  As the standoff in Ukraine continues over Russia’s occupation of the Crimean Peninsula, artist Tomas Rafa provides an intimate portrait of the recent battles that unfolded in the “Euromaidan” protests in Kiev. These photographs and video offer a rare on-the-ground look at the fiery front lines.  More

  By Tomas Rafa

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  Editor's Letter

  Editor’s Letter – March, 2014

  March 1, 2014 - 

  It’s a rare media cycle when an American publication goes to press without a story on Russia. In recent months, subjects including Sochi’s Olympics, laws that would prohibit “gay propaganda” or annex Ukrainian land and the arrests and releases of artists and activists, among them members of Pussy Riot and Greenpeace, have regularly splashed across […]  More

  By Marisa Mazria Katz