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히잡이 뭐길래[김수현의 세계 한 조각] 김수현 기자 동아일보, 2022-10-22 오늘도 이란의 여성들은 히잡을 착용하지 않을 자유를 위해 투쟁하고 있다 당신이 잠든 오늘 밤도 세상은 빙글빙글 돌아갑니다. 지난 밤 당신이 놓쳤을 수도 있는 세계 각국 소식, ‘세계 한 조각’이 쉽고 재미있게 전달합니다. 순식간에 바뀌는 세상만사, “잠깐! 왜 이러는 거지?” 여러분 궁금증을 해결해 드리겠습니다. 지난달 28일 독일 베를린에서 열린 히잡 의무화 반대 시위에 등장한 22세 쿠르드계 이란인 마사 아미니 사진. 히잡을 제대로 착용하지 않았다는 이유로 ‘도덕 경찰’에 끌려간 지 3일 만에 숨진 채 발견된 그의 사건을 계기로 이란 전역에서 반(反)정부 시위가 이어지고 있다. 베를린=AP 뉴시스 “앞으로 공공장소에서 ..

不満示す中印、苦境に立つプーチン氏 懸念される暴走エスカレート NewSphere, Oct 8 2022 Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP プーチン大統領がウクライナ侵攻を開始してから7ヶ月が過ぎるが、同氏をめぐる情勢は今日最も厳しくなっていると言える。これまでロシアに対する非難や制裁を避けてきた中国やインドがロシアへの不満を示し、そして予備役の部分的動員を発表したことを受けて高まる国民の反発など、プーチン大統領は内外で厳しい立場に追いやられている。 ◆不満を示す中国 9月中旬、プーチン大統領と習近平国家主席がウズベキスタンで約半年ぶりに顔を合わせた。両者が会うのは、ウクライナ侵攻直前、北京五輪開催に合わせてプーチン氏が北京を訪問した時以来だ。この際、明確に両者の間で食い違いがあることが明確になった。 プーチン大統領..

Russia’s War on Ukraine Won’t Spark World War III There are two significant differences between the world wars and the war in Ukraine that provide reason for optimism. by Jason W. Davidson The National Interest, August 27, 2022 There is a growing chorus of concern that the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy is falling into an escalation spiral that could ultimately result in World War III. At..

The Afghan Women Left Behind After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, a U.S. organization shut down the country’s largest network of women’s shelters. Its founders think that it made a huge mistake. By Rozina Ali The New Yorker, August 24, 2022 Illustration by Naï Zakharia On the morning of August 15, 2021, Samira was lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, in a room she shared with se..

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 172 of the invasion Nadeem Badshah and Jedidajah Otte The Guardian, 14 August 2022 Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images Ukraine says it will target Russian soldiers who shoot at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant or use it as a base to shoot from, as both sides again accused the other of shelling the facility. President Volodymyr Zelen..

What would push the West and Russia to nuclear war? Nobody is sure. That is why Joe Biden is careful in sending more potent weapons to Ukraine The Economist Aug 2nd 2022 “FOR ME,” quipped Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s defence minister, “The word ‘impossible’ means ‘possible in the future’.” With good reason. Javelin anti-tank missiles, forbidden by America when Russia took the first chunks of Ukra..

Women at war: Life on eastern Ukraine's front lines By Cécile Feuillatre for AFP The Moscow Times, July 30, 2022 Ukrainian positions near Kharkiv. Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Kateryna never takes pictures with comrades before going to the front line — it's bad luck. Karina does not tell her mother she is going to the front. Iana uses social media to try and raise the morale at home. On another day of..

A Fatal Attraction Thomas Mann, German identity and the romantic allure of Russia By Jeremy Cliffe The New Statesman 27 July 2022 Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin at the unveiling of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s statue in Dresden in 2006. Photo by Tobias Schwarz / Reuters Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February changed everything. It transformed the post-Cold War security landscape of Europe, killed ..

Western Sanctions on Russia Aren’t Working as Intended By Branko Marcetic Jacobin, 06.24.2022 The US-led sanctions on Russia were meant to force an end to Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine and weaken his hold on power. Instead, their main effect has been to exacerbate the West’s own economic problems and deepen its internal divisions. Russian servicemen patrol a square with the Russian national fl..

In Photos: 100 Days of Russia’s War in Ukraine The Moscow Times, Jun 03, 2022 On Feb. 24, Russian forces crossed Ukraine’s borders in a full-scale invasion. In the 100 days since the conflict began, thousands have been killed, civilians have been tortured and raped, millions displaced and Ukrainian towns and cities destroyed. An elderly man stands in front of a burning house garage after shellin..