Perspectives

With multiple global conflicts constantly vying for our attention across a wealth of media outlets, it’s not outlandish to think that there’s a real possibility that the Third World War is already looming above our heads. However, what is the probability of the worst outcome occurring? And what would a global catastrophe of that magnitude even look like? 

The Russian war against Ukraine upended the world order, depreciated international law, and shifted many people’s views on what forms security should take to contain the spread of destruction and killings across the European continent. The reverberations have rippled globally — most notably in Africa and the Indo-Pacific — due to the allies Russia has acquired to help export the war worldwide. Putin’s brutality, and the grave threat it poses to basic values of life, has made many stop treating war as a faraway concept.

How long will art spaces keep turning the symbols of violent power into trendy visuals, stripping them of the destruction they represent, while platforming Russians who stay silent even as Russians bomb cities under those very slogans?

The New York Times’ report on Ukraine’s Kursk operation ignores many key facts, presenting them without proper context. Here’s what actually happened.