Carolyn Stewart

Australia

Journalist. Freelancer. Foxtel mag. Girl Power mag. Wrote a little movie. Summer Bay authority. Sparkling water addict. All views are Leonardo DiCaprio's.

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Articles

Dignity, Hope, Freedom: Young North Korean Defectors Sign Declaration on Fundamental Rights

Aug 1, 2024 | ned.org | Carolyn Stewart

A rapper. A cartoonist. An IT startup founder. A new generation of North Korean defectors are exposing the horrors of life under the Kim Jong-Un regime—and taking powerful action to rally the international community behind their cause.
New Report on How Authoritarians Test-drive Tactics of Oppression and Ways Democratic Institutions Can Respond

Aug 1, 2024 | ned.org | Carolyn Stewart

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Endowment for Democracy’s International Forum for Democratic Studies has released a new report, “The Struggle Against Authoritarian Influence in the Western Balkans: Montenegro as a Test Case“ by anti-corruption expert Vanja Ćalović Marković. The report will be launched with an online event in September.
Drumstick Diplomacy

Feb 7, 2024 | americanpurpose.com | Justin Kempf |Francis Fukuyama |R. Jay Magill |Carolyn Stewart

It’s easy to think of Korean fried chicken as just another fast food. After all, chains like BonChon and Pelicana Chicken can be found the world over. But this double-fried dish wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the Korean War and the seventy-year-strong Korean-American alliance. And for Korean Americans in the United States, the dish is an important point of connection and identity. “It’s more than just a twist on an American South comfort food,” Alexander Ahn tells me.
Ask Me Anything with Francis Fukuyama

Sep 19, 2023 | americanpurpose.com | Richard Aldous |William Galston |Francis Fukuyama |Carolyn Stewart

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Ask Me Anything with Francis Fukuyama

Sep 19, 2023 | americanpurpose.com | Peter Hefele |Gary Schmitt |Francis Fukuyama |Carolyn Stewart

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Imperfect Splendor

Jun 14, 2023 | americanpurpose.com | Jeffrey Gedmin |Francis Fukuyama |Carolyn Stewart

How do you sculpt the mother of a sitting emperor? Carefully and with great deliberation, Antonio Canova would say. When Napoleon Bonaparte’s mother Marie-Letizia visited Canova’s workshop in 1804 for a portrait commission, the famed Italian sculptor first turned to terracotta clay before he committed her form in marble.
On the Frontlines of Ukraine's Cultural War

Mar 2, 2023 | americanpurpose.com | Carolyn Stewart

American efforts to help Ukraine have largely focused on military and financial support, and understandably so. But as Western news outlets have largely kept their focus on military matters, Vladimir Putin has also pursued an insidious strategy off the battlefield: attacking Ukraine’s cultural identity. Heartrending destruction has been visited upon Ukraine’s museums, places of worship, memorials, and historical buildings over the last year.
The Women Fighting Back Against Putin’s Attack on Ukrainian Culture

Feb 17, 2023 | thebulwark.com | Carolyn Stewart

American efforts to help Ukraine have largely focused on military and financial support, and understandably so. But as Western news outlets have largely kept their focus on military matters, Vladimir Putin has also pursued an insidious strategy off the battlefield: attacking Ukraine’s cultural identity. Heartrending destruction has been visited upon Ukraine’s museums, places of worship, memorials, and historical buildings over the last year.