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1 month ago | forbes.kz | Ian Buruma

Мнение Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plummeting popularity, most Israelis share his view that the Palestinians pose an existential threat Enjoying a perfectly brewed cappuccino and a crisp croissant on a pleasant street in Tel Aviv, it is hard to imagine that people are being bombed, shelled, and strafed about 43 miles (69 kilometers) away in Gaza (not to mention the constant violence on the West Bank less than 40 miles away). When life seems so civilized on the surface,...

2 months ago | forbes.kz | Anne-Marie Slaughter

Мнение Foreign governments, businesses, and civil-society groups have more power than they think WASHINGTON, DC — US President Donald Trump has shown a callous disregard for the checks and balances that have long protected American democracy.

2 months ago | forbes.kz | Ian Buruma

Мнение An interview with Ian Buruma Project Syndicate: Last October, you highlighted the role of shame – specifically, the desire to “overcome the humiliation of centuries of persecution” – in guiding Israeli foreign policy, before warning that the resulting humiliation of the Palestinians will only perpetuate violence.

Mar 8, 2025 | forbes.kz | Ian Buruma

Мнение The end of Pax Americana is clearly in sight While this has long been the goal of many leftists battling “American imperialism,” it is not really all that strange that a US government of right-wing zealots ultimately took a wrecking ball to the world order. America’s far right was always more isolationist than its liberal establishment.

Feb 8, 2025 | forbes.kz | Ian Buruma

Donald Trump’s second presidency perhaps destroy people’s faith in American democracy and its universalist claims NEW YORK – Compared to other Western democracies, the United States is still a profoundly religious country. Around 24% of Americans identify as evangelical Christians. Five US Supreme Court justices are conservative Catholics (the only other conservative on the bench, Neil Gorsuch, was raised and educated as a Catholic but is now an Episcopalian).