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How the World Celebrated America’s 200th Birthday

When the World Feted America

Michael J. Kramer

Syria’s New Parliament of Networks

A Parliament of Networks

Abdullah Al-Ghadhawi

Six Months After Minneapolis, ICE Has Doubled Down

Migration on Ice

A New Lines investigation in Texas reveals how, in the six months since the deadly raids in Minneapolis, federal immigration agents have adopted less visible tactics, using state police forces and an opaque bureaucracy to ramp up deportations and push migrants — even those here legally — to self-deport.

Why the Church of Rome Is Not Afraid of Trump

Religion, United States

The Pope and the President

How Britain Became a Country Full of Terrorists

A Country Full of Terrorists

Iran’s Internet Blackout Was Decades in the Making

Tehran’s Long War on the Open Internet

Fateme Karimkhan

Syria’s Last Silkworm Breeders Hang On by a Thread

Hanging by a Thread

The Saint Wears Prada

The Saint Wears Prada

The Palestine Exception in US Justice

Who’s a Terrorist?

Podcasts

Soccer, Power and the Politics of America’s World Cup

Soccer, Power and the Politics of America’s World Cup

How a New Pandemic Exposes the Geopolitics of Disease

How a New Pandemic Exposes the Geopolitics of Disease

The Winners and Losers of the Iran Peace Deal

The Winners and Losers of the Iran Peace Deal

Editors' Picks

How the World Celebrated America’s 200th Birthday

How the World Celebrated America’s 200th Birthday

Michael J. Kramer

Syria’s New Parliament of Networks

Syria’s New Parliament of Networks

Abdullah Al-Ghadhawi

How Britain Became a Country Full of Terrorists

How Britain Became a Country Full of Terrorists

Videos

Is Bamako About To Fall?

Is Bamako About To Fall?

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

The Quarterly Review: How Did We Get Here?

Ground Control: How Pepper Spiced Up World Trade – With Lydia Wilson

Ground Control: How Pepper Spiced Up World Trade – With Lydia Wilson

Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right- With Lydia Wilson

Pete Hegseth’s Tattoos and the Crusading Obsession of the Far Right- With Lydia Wilson

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Contributors

Lydia Wilson

Lydia Wilson

"Words have been shown as inadequate against the military might of Israel, buttressed by the most powerful countries in the world. We are all impotent witnesses, unable to prevent the atrocities we have been watching for almost 22 long and cruel months. What use are more words? And is it really my place to be the amanuensis of Palestinians?"

Paul Apostolidis

Paul Apostolidis

"People can start to think and feel differently about who bears which costs of our common life when they take the chance of telling and listening to stories of different immigrant groups — together. This makes it possible to sense the profound resonances between, for instance, Greek and Mexican immigrant experiences as well as the jarring ways that such experiences are 'really different.'"

Olivia Snaije

Olivia Snaije

"In literature, there is an unquestioned acceptance of a cultural dominance that is situated in the east, whether formerly in Baghdad or Damascus, or more currently in Cairo, Beirut and increasingly in the Gulf. While Arabic-language literature from the Maghreb does travel east, writers from sub-Saharan Africa feel they are overlooked in the Middle East."

Waleed Nasir

Waleed Nasir

"Pakistan must make a case for “constructive multi-alignment,” finding ways to be a strategic asset to both the U.S. and China, argued Yusuf and Akhtar. But it cannot do that while it continues to be mired in political instability, economic degradation, surging violence from nonstate actors and a hostile neighborhood."