Understanding, not deterrence: A response letter to “End of the Beginning”

This article was written by guest contributor and former checks member (2022-2023) Paul Johann Lindhorst. In the new print edition of the “Checks&Balances” magazine, the author sincerely and seriously contemplates

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“Mining Our Way To Carbon Neutrality”: The Cost of the Capitalist Logic

This article was written by guest contributor Adam Sereir. The Green Lie. As the planet burns and temperatures soar, world leaders scramble to draft climate resolutions.However, these policies are less

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All Quiet on the Eastern Front: Trump’s redefinition of NATO’s Eastern Flank

Trump – a name not only repeated by the media countless times in recent months but also by world politicians. His return to the White House has triggered a reevaluation

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Blurred Flavours: How Globalization Has Redefined Cuisine

The word cuisine is to some simply a fancy way to say food, but to others, it is an art form. A cuisine is far more than the dictionary definition

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This is what happens when a city becomes a brand

Every week or so, a new TikTok decides that Dubai is the final boss of late-stage capitalism. You know the ones: sped-up footage of endless towers, self-driving police cars, influencers

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The Netflix show and the IRC 

Netflix’s Transatlantic explores how Varian Fry, Mary Jane Gold, and the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) evacuated thousands of refugees from Marseille during World War II. Fry and Gold are two

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French language: from rise to decline

 Over the course of the 17th century, the French language became the primary language in the aristocratic and royal families of Europe. Although French is recognised by all as a

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Communist Chic: Fashion Controversy Olympics

As March arrives, so does one of the most highly anticipated periods in the world of vogue – Paris Fashion Week. This event attracts viewers not only with its innovative

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Going Bananas: Peeling back Chiquita’s Imperialist Past

I was recently shocked to see the bright, almost friendly blue sticker of the Chiquita brand on the bananas I was buying at my local supermarket. This infamous company essentially

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Okay, So What’s Up With Greenland?

Greenland, the useless piece of whiteness that looks way bigger on a map than it actually is. The mystic island that keeps countless secrets hidden under the ice, a country

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