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Nuclear War Movies Are Back

The Return of Nuclear Cinema

Kurds Could Hold Syria Together or Pull It Apart

Beyond the Reach of Damascus

The Forgotten Photographs of Iraq’s Yazidis

Forgotten Photographs of the Yazidis

Buried for 90 years, a cache of Yazidi photographs has become a bridge between the Iraqi community’s past and today.

William Gourlay

How Zohran Mamdani Made History

Mamdani’s City of Dreams

A Palestinian Citizen of Israel Reflects on Life in the Shadow of Genocide in Gaza

In the Shadow of Genocide

The Intent Behind Trump’s War on Drug Smugglers

Excessive Force

Michael Scott Moore

India Gets Cozy With the Taliban

Enemy of My Enemy

What Venezuelans Are Thinking Amid US Saber-Rattling

Between a Rock and Maduro

Mie Hoejris Dahl

How Zohran Mamdani Rekindled My Faith in Politics

Change I Can Believe In

Podcasts

The Pillars of China’s Global Rise

The Pillars of China’s Global Rise

Why Is Gen Z Protesting Across Africa?

Why Is Gen Z Protesting Across Africa?

Is It Really Peace in the Middle East?

Is It Really Peace in the Middle East?

Editors' Picks

The Forgotten Photographs of Iraq’s Yazidis

The Forgotten Photographs of Iraq’s Yazidis

William Gourlay

How Zohran Mamdani Made History

How Zohran Mamdani Made History

Lebanon Is Still Haunted by Its Last War

Lebanon Is Still Haunted by Its Last War

Laurent Perpigna Iban

Videos

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

The War We Don’t See —With Arwa Damon and Faisal Al Yafai

The War We Don’t See —With Arwa Damon and Faisal Al Yafai

Unfolding Paper’s Past: Evidence From Egypt – With Lydia Wilson

Unfolding Paper’s Past: Evidence From Egypt – 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."