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Egypt’s Counterrevolution Erects a Monument to Its Own Survival
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Egypt

The Octagon Fortress

The Butterfly Effect of Mexico’s Cartel Violence
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Mexico

The Butterfly Effect

Damascus Bombings Hint at Broader Campaign To Destabilize the New Syria   
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Syria

Damascus on Edge

The bombing of a cafe in Damascus and a second attack during President Emmanuel Macron's visit reveal a new phase in Syria’s transition, as the institutions meant to replace war are targeted with violence.

The Ambiguities of Solidarity at Khamenei’s Funeral in Iraq
A Double Standard on Religious Liberty in Schools
Inside the Dispute Over How To Define a Journalist
Six Months After Minneapolis, ICE Has Doubled Down
Syria’s New Parliament of Networks
How the World Celebrated America’s 200th Birthday
Why the Church of Rome Is Not Afraid of Trump
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Religion, United States

The Pope and the President

How Britain Became a Country Full of Terrorists
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United Kingdom

A Country Full of Terrorists

Iran’s Internet Blackout Was Decades in the Making
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Iran

Tehran’s Long War on the Open Internet

Syria’s Last Silkworm Breeders Hang On by a Thread
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Syria

Hanging by a Thread

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

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

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How a New Pandemic Exposes the Geopolitics of Disease

How a New Pandemic Exposes the Geopolitics of Disease

Africa
The Winners and Losers of the Iran Peace Deal

The Winners and Losers of the Iran Peace Deal

Iran
The Saint Wears Prada
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The Saint Wears Prada

The Palestine Exception in US Justice
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United States

Who’s a Terrorist?

Watching the Last Years of the Ottoman Empire From an Istanbul Jail
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Turkey

The Prison of Empire

What Is Peter Thiel up to in Argentina?
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Argentina

Peter Thiel’s Argentine Adventure

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The Ambiguities of Solidarity at Khamenei’s Funeral in Iraq

The Ambiguities of Solidarity at Khamenei’s Funeral in Iraq

Harith Hasan
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

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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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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."