The Skillz Café

Per una volta—anzi, per la prima volta dal 24 Febbraio 2022—non stiamo parlando dei razzi sparati dai russi su obiettivi civili in Ucraina. Stavolta, dopo una pausa di 50 anni, riprende il programma lunare della federazione russa. L’ultima missione di questo tipo...

In 1939, Winston Churchill famously described Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." Even professional Russia watchers are often caught unprepared by the unpredictability of Russia’s politics and actors. It happened when the USSR imploded, and...

The Law of Unintended Consequences is a centuries-old concept and is said to produce three types of outcomes: Unexpected benefits (you plow a field to sow a crop and you find a gold bar buried in the soil.) Unexpected drawbacks (you plow a field and accidentally...

Spring has sprung—the old poem went. After an unseasonably cold first half of April, the air is finally mild and the sky almost clear of clouds. This and early fall are the best times to take the dogs on a long walk through the park. But the fine weather came too late...