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Kamil Askerkhanov09.11.2026

Signs of mounting stress in the global financial system are becoming increasingly apparent. And recent events raise a familiar question: are we approaching a crisis whose consequences will be measured not merely in stock market losses, but in a massive redistribution of ownership? On October 30, the Nasdaq fell 2.86%, the semiconductor index plunged 7.2%, […]

Yuri Chekalin08.11.2026

The rain went on all week It didn’t come down in sheets. It hung in the air, blurring the signs and turning people into ghosts. I went to work and explained to managers the difference between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple. One describes something that’s over but still matters. The other describes something […]

Yuri Chekalin07.11.2026

“Flowers fade, and who can remain in this world forever? Today we cross the mountains of existence and will no longer be intoxicated by empty dreams.” — Iroha-uta (Heian period) The train was twenty minutes late. In Tokyo, that’s an event. The announcer apologized twice—once in Japanese, once in English—after which everyone on the platform […]

Kamil Askerkhanov06.11.2026

Developments in Poland are taking an increasingly intriguing turn. On October 30, an acute constitutional crisis erupted in Warsaw. Following the suspension of Constitutional Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy, substantial police forces were deployed around the court. Protests and clashes followed, with several people detained. President Karol Nawrocki cut short his flight to […]

Vladimir Golstein05.11.2026

Dostoevsky was a deeply moral man. So are many of his characters, at least in their own eyes. Yet they murder, contemplate murder, poison other people’s minds, and destroy themselves and others. Raskolnikov, Ivan Karamazov, Stavrogin, Kirillov… Dostoevsky was forever asking what makes people who possess a moral conscience commit godless acts. Ideology? Nihilism? Loss […]

Kamil Askerkhanov05.11.2026

Washington warns that record European financing for Airbus could undermine the longstanding US–EU agreement on aircraft subsidies. A record $3.4 billion European financing package for Airbus threatens to unravel a fragile trade truce between Washington and Brussels, potentially reigniting one of the longest-running trade disputes between the two economic powers, President Donald Trump’s top trade […]

Robert Reich04.11.2026

The great sleeping giant of America has awakened, taken a hard look at what’s become of the nation, and roared a thunderous “NO!” What occurred yesterday was not — as some are saying — the inevitable mid-term swing of the pendulum against the party in power. Texas hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1988. The […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky04.11.2026

Ottawa and Brussels are building a new transatlantic alliance. But the question of what to call it — and how far it should go — remains unresolved. Canada and the European Union have taken another step toward closer economic, political and defense integration. At a two-day summit in Montreal on October 29–30, Canadian Prime Minister […]

Yuri Chekalin03.11.2026

The CommentaTHOR celebrates a milestone as diplomat and political commentator Michael Demurin becomes its 100th author. One hundred authors. One hundred distinct voices. And one magazine bringing them together. The CommentaTHOR has reached a milestone worth celebrating: our community of contributors has grown to 100 authors. By the way, the 99th name added to our […]

Robert Reich03.11.2026

It is impossible to know how America will vote today. The polls are encouraging, but, as we have painfully learned, they cannot be relied upon. All we really can rely on is the good sense of the American people. True, some Americans continue to worship at the altar of the worst president in American history. […]

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