A trip to the world’s frayed edges with Hannah Lucinda Smith’s 'Hinterlands' | Sources & Methods

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A new book makes the case that if we look closely at hidden conflicts
unfolding around the globe,
we can glimpse a new world order taking shape.




The book is called Hinterlands: The New Cold War Brewing at
the Peripheries of the West and its author is Hannah Lucinda Smith, a veteran
correspondent who has spent years reporting from the Middle East and the
Balkans for outlets such as The Times of…

A new book makes the case that if we look closely at hidden conflicts
unfolding around the globe,
we can glimpse a new world order taking shape.




The book is called Hinterlands: The New Cold War Brewing at
the Peripheries of the West and its author is Hannah Lucinda Smith, a veteran
correspondent who has spent years reporting from the Middle East and the
Balkans for outlets such as The Times of…

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