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Immigration immunity

Does just being an expat earn you a badge of tolerance toward other cultures — all of a sudden? [...]

Great White People Book Club

Global thinkers must navigate and find a way to bridge worlds that might make only a sinister kind of sense. [...]

Expat. Immigrant. Assimilant.

This American resident of Istanbul with Turkish citizenship may be fluent in Turkish but she can’t describe herself in any language. [...]

Cool: July newsletter

How we imagine our global viewpoint is created. The continuity (or ooh, disconnect!) of the way we behave. Track game-changing rock star brainiacs. [...]

Buff culture

When an expat from America’s conservative “Bible Belt” moves to Europe she faces a liberal culture of nakedness. [...]

Scots and risky

Risk-taking is in the blood of this Scot-American woman: bear wrestlers, sword swallowers. What role does risk play in the way you experience the world? [...]

Finding timelessness

A Californian’s perception of time changed when she changed cultures. [...]

Nasty ex machina

Russia’s bad customer service is both a stereotype, and has deep cultural, political and religious roots. [...]

What's a global niche?

When we discover our psychic peers and global community – fashioning a hybrid identity that honors the many worlds we belong to — we’ve found our global niche. [...]

The in-country expat

Without leaving your country, you can become an expat. When I left my hometown in Québec province I found myself wading through Canado-British culture. [...]