Can the World Learn from the Failure of the Budapest Accords?

by Thom Hartmann

What does the negotiated removal of nuclear weapons from Ukraine in 1994 teach us about the prospects for peace and disarmament today and tomorrow? 

Our Oligarch? Do Roman Abramovich's Donations Link Major Jewish Philanthropies to Putin?

by David Klion

Abramovich was one of a number of Soviet Jews, excluded from the Communist Party, who moved aggressively into the post-Soviet economy, amassed great fortunes, and either held or fell from favor with Vladimir Putin. Are his enormous donations to global Jewish charities reputation laundering? 

Looking Out For Each Other

by Leah Valtin-Erwin

The wrenching transitions that East Germans faced in adapting to western commercial culture after reunification offer lessons for the COVID crisis, and a warning that the burdens of managing social change and stress often fall on retail workers.