A food biography
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I enjoy food. Not in a kind of foodie way, or in a lethargic eat-everything kind of way. I find food to be an integral part of life. Much like smells can conjur up memories, so too...
View ArticleThe pandemic and the parks: The government struggles to stop people using parks
During the Great Pandemic of 2020 one of the largest struggles for some governments was to stop people using parks. What follows is links to parts of the struggle. In #Moscow, #Russia, during the...
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Live updates and links about vehicle “explosion” in Syria near Lebanon border
Reports on Wednesday at around 13:00 claimed a vehicle had been struck by something in Syria at the Lebanese border. The place is جديدة يابوس In English the name is spelled sometimes: Jdaidit Yabws...
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A reading list of US-Iran Gulf tensions in light of the April 2020 IRGC fast...
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN What follows is a reading list about the April 15, 2020 incident in the Gulf in which 11 IRGC vessels harassed US ships. It presents a history of similar incidents going back to...
View ArticleThe internet and authoritarianism
The rapid expansion of access to the internet, and rise of social media, was initially thought to increase democracy because of more access to information in closed societies, ease to confront...
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