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NAC CEO Low Eng Teong as Conductor of the Arts

Harry Frankfurt, philosopher, has died • So has Milan Kundera, novelist and thinker • Violent attack on philosophy class — News reports by Anja Steinbauer

Swiss filmmaker Thomas Imbach’s new work, Say God Bye , is a long hike across Switzerland in search of Jean-Luc Godard.

Russia's war on Ukraine will determine if colonisation by force belongs to the past or the future. If Russia wins, we must say farewell to Kundera's idea of building maximum diversity in minimum space.

Amid speculation about Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang's absence and sacking, remembering a Kundera story

Russia intensifies the bombardment of Odesa, targeting grain storage infrastructure and port facilities. Read our weekly outlook for latest CEE news.

The natural forgetfulness of people, especially in a country where literacy eludes many even today, is soft ground for attackers of democracy

Here are some interesting reads from this week's issue!

The Vilnius summit could have achieved much more, if only the political willpower had allowed it

"We often read about how Arabs are the victims of “double standards”. The term is often used in relation to the Palestinian cause and Israel, while the guilty party is the “West.” However, most of those expressing these grievances see the West as an enemy, and there is no need to blame or expose him, as he is exposed de facto by the mere fact that he is an enemy. Here is a counterexample of how to understand of “double standards:”