Organizations

French Barkhane force soldiers who wrapped up a four-month tour of duty in the Sahel board a US Air Force C130 transport plane, leave their base in Gao, Mali, Wednesday June 9, 2021.

Trust the process: Part II

Critical State

Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive this week into the function of ad-hoc organizations that are formed to address a specific crisis — and then often get dissolved when the crisis ends.

JOrchestra and the musicians of the Savonlinna Music academy.

Jordanian musicians worry that their national orchestra could be shuttered

Music
Attendees perform a round dance during a press conference and prayer vigil at the former Muscowequan Indian Residential School, one of the last residential schools to close its doors in Canada in 1997 and the last fully intact residential school still sta

What the US can learn from Canada’s commission on Indigenous residential schools

Conflict & Justice
Angkor Wat is shown by a pond at sunrise.

‘World Heritage’ site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love and money

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