World
Plastic Paradise: Brazil’s Cosmetic Surgery Boom
A surgeon penetrates the bridge between your two nostrils. Tweezers enter the space created by the incision, lifting the skin off your nose as if it is the hood of a car. Now comes the scalpel, cutting bone and transforming…
A Bloody, Contested Anniversary: The Armenian Genocide A Century Later
“Don’t let them take me! Don’t let them take me!” Satenig cried. She gave Edward, another Armenian trapped in the schoolhouse basement, the little money she had in exchange for his protection. Each night, Ottoman authorities would raid the basement…
A Mere Mirage: Chinese Uyghurs Struggle for Religious Freedom
The Xinjiang region, home to China’s Uyghur minority, boasts a unique ethnic identity — one that is often violently at odds with Beijing’s one-size-fits-all, Han-dominated policies.
An Interview with Markus Rodlauer, Deputy Director at the International Monetary Fund
The Politic’s Online Editor and Business Manager sit down with the Chief of the IMF mission to China.
Building BRICS: An Assessment of the New Development Bank
Rhea Kumar explores how the New Development Bank may change the global financial order.
