‘The grills in crematoria are melting’
Why is COVID-19 devastating India? Omair Ahmad on government incompetence, willful ignorance, and scapegoating.
Telling it like it was
Why did the American administration just recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915? Steven Cook on U.S.-Turkey relations and moral values in foreign policy.
‘A thing of the past’
Can the United States find its place in the world? Andrew Bacevich on the necessary end of a national illusion.
This authoritarian moment
How strong are the world’s strongmen? Christian Welzel on the long-term global resilience of democracy.
Afghanistan is a flat circle
Why are American troops still there, 20 years after the invasion? Anatol Lieven on the long dynamics of a deep delusion.
The logic of ‘woke capitalism’
Why are major corporations embracing progressive politics? Neil Malhotra on the business challenge of placating elite stakeholders without alienating consumers.
The Russians are here
How did Moscow pull off the biggest hack ever into the U.S. government? Dmitri Alperovitch on how a new way of doing old business from the Kremlin has exposed major weaknesses in American cyber defenses.
Metaphor of the year
What would one ship stuck in the Suez Canal have such consequences for global trade?
Freedom money
Could Bitcoin become a global liberation technology? Alex Gladstein on the democratic promise of the world’s first decentralized digital currency.
Our Man in Paris
Why does the U.S. rejoining the global climate accord matter?
