Podcast Review: “Wind of Change”
Patrick Radden Keefe hosts a podcast series that aims to connect the CIA with a heavy metal band, where the agency purportedly wrote the lyrics to one of their most popular songs in a soft power effort to topple the Soviet Union.
A Recommitment to the Culture of Peace: Why the US Must Rejoin UNESCO
In 2020, President Joe Biden promised to reengage the US in diplomacy. However, to carry out his promise, he must rejoin UNESCO and recommit the US to building peace through cooperation in science, culture, and education.
Fork In the Road: Serbia’s Dilemma
The long winding path that Serbia has found itself has now come to a fork in the road: one way leads East, the other West. As the war in Ukraine carries on, it faces pressure to decide – side with its Slavic brother or embrace a Western way forward.
The History of the Hunt: Contemporary Discussions on Cultural Heritage in German Museums
Germany is reevaluating its museum collections, specifically ones with colonial connections, and must answer the question: Who actually owns this artifact, and by what right does Germany get to keep it if its original transaction wasn’t fair?
Revitalizing Endangered Languages
As languages are dying due to threats such as globalization, policymakers must work to create successful language revitalization efforts.