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The Curious Case of ‘Russian Lives Matter’

In Moscow, the Kremlin attacks U.S. racism while the liberal opposition ignores it, or worse.

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Doctors Without Borders staff are pushing back against institutional racism, reflecting a growing debate in the aid community over the legacies of colonialism.

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A Russian-Chinese veto threatens lifesaving aid to starving Syrians—but Moscow doesn’t care what anyone thinks anymore.

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Christian Reus-Smit

Christian Reus-Smit is the author of On Cultural Diversity: International Theory in a World of Difference and the editor, with Andrew Phillips, of the forthcoming Culture and Order in World Politics.

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Indian devotees and foreign tourists take part in Holi festival celebrations in Pushkar, India, on March 2, 2018. (Shaukat Ahmed/AFP/Getty Images)Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colours, is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month, and will be celebrated on March 2 this year. / AFP PHOTO / Shaukat Ahmed (Photo credit should read SHAUKAT AHMED/AFP/Getty Images)

International Relations Theory Doesn’t Understand Culture

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International Relations Theory Doesn’t Understand Culture

The Curious Case of ‘Russian Lives Matter’

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