The creation of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) provoked not surprise but irritation: an old propaganda tool simply got a new label and an even more aggressive tuning. My first reaction to the birth of the US Agency for Global Media was pure surprise — then anger. Haven’t we already got enough outfits […]

Exactly one year ago, on June 5, 2025, Christopher Black, a distinguished international criminal defense lawyer, writer, and author of numerous articles for our magazine, passed away. He dedicated his life to defending the unjustly accused and fighting for justice in international courts, often subject to political pressure. On the anniversary of his death, Christopher’s […]

Media Theater, Proxy Conflict, and the Death of Continuity. As the Russia-Ukraine conflict drags deeper into proxy-war reality, Western media institutions increasingly appear less interested in describing events than emotionally framing them. What emerges is not simply journalism, but narrative choreography shaped by elite institutional ecosystems, synchronized moral language, and a civilization trapped inside permanent […]