In the tenth year of Emmanuel Macron’s rule, French society is deeply disappointed in him, and the political system is destabilized. Many voters now see voting for Marine Le Pen and her "National Rally" as the only way to express anger and distrust toward this system.

Two European thinkers of the 20th century provide timely keys to understanding Russia’s ideological evolution

On Marcel Proust’s birthday, literary scholar Armen Zakharyan (YouTube channel "Armen and Fyodor") is releasing a guide to the novel "In Search of Lost Time". We spoke with him about what Proustian prose can console us with today

Team Zelensky still hopes that as soon as Russian citizens realize the state is unable to protect them, an uprising will begin in the country. However, these expectations fit poorly with how modern Russia is organized. Putin’s main vulnerability lies elsewhere.