During the Cold War, South Yemen became the only openly communist state in the Arab world. Backed by the Soviet Union, its ...

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A liberal who founded market research firm MEMRB in Cyprus in 1971 and grew it into one of the biggest in the Middle East, ...

M. Gessen is an Opinion columnist for The Times. They won a George Polk Award for opinion writing in 2024. They are the ...