The Financial Times reports that a plane carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is widely recognized as one of the founders of the Russian private military company Wagner, was involved in a […]
Cold War 2.0 Update: China, US, and Russia’s Trade Wars and Proxy Conflicts
The tensions between China and the US continue to escalate, with China taking aggressive military action around Taiwan and accusing the US of reviving Cold War-style divisions in the Asia-Pacific […]
Western World at a Crossroads: The Unforeseeable Consequences of Sending F-16s to Ukraine
The Western world is at a crossroads as it enters into a new era of military cooperation. NATO members Denmark and the Netherlands have been pushing for the training of […]
The Nuances of Ukraine’s Nazi Problem: Diplomatic Necessity or Nazi Sympathizers?
The government in Ukraine has been accused of sympathizing with and honoring former SS officers, neo-Nazis, and Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky has been accused of conspiring with the pro-Nazi Azov […]
Gnostic Anarchy: In Pursuit of Knowledge and Social Change
Gnosticism originated as a collection of concepts and systems around the 1st century C.E. in the ancient Mediterranean world. These groups emphasized spiritual knowledge, or gnosis, over the teachings, traditions, […]
From Ukraine to Palestine: The Looming Threat of a Global Conflict
At the end of July 3rd, the fighting between Palestinian armed groups and the Israeli military forces in Jenin, located in the West Bank, extended into its second day. For […]
Is Dr. Karen L. King’s Scholarship Reliable?
Karen King is a scholar of religion and history at Harvard University. She specializes in the study of early Christianity, with a focus on how gender, power, and diversity intersected […]
The Sethians: Gnostic Punk-Rockers of the Ancient World
The ancient world was full of influential philosophical and religious movements that shaped the cultural landscape of their time. One such movement was the Sethian Gnostic tradition, which can be […]