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Unveiling the Ugly Underside of Post-Ottoman Nation-Building

The Ugly Side of Nation-Building

Spyros Tsoutsoumpis,

Syria Needs a Strong Society, Not a Strongman

Neither Islamism nor Secularism

Robin Yassin-Kassab

Reflections on the Ceasefire in Gaza

Life Under the Ceasefire

As a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Gaza takes hold, a Palestinian journalist and father reflects from exile in Cairo on survival amid unimaginable loss and the uncertainty around returning home.

Mohammed Mhawish

How Assad’s Trade in Captagon Fueled His Downfall

Assad’s Captagon Wager

Pakistan Is Losing Its Glaciers to Climate Change

A Glacial Threat

It Takes Defiance To Tango

Redefining Tango

Daniel Schweimler

The University That Shaped Russia’s Intervention in Syria

Outposts of the Motherland

MAGA Zionism and Its Discontents

Covenant and Conflict

Laboratories of Authoritarianism

All in a Day’s Work

Podcasts

House and Home in Syria and in Exile — with Ammar Azzouz, Wendy Pearlman and Lydia Wilson

House and Home in Syria and in Exile — with Ammar Azzouz, Wendy Pearlman and Lydia Wilson

The Decline of the American Empire — with Robert Kaplan and Faisal Al Yafai

The Decline of the American Empire — with Robert Kaplan and Faisal Al Yafai

Looking Ahead in 2025 — with Kareem Shaheen, Lisa Goldman, Danny Postel and Faisal Al Yafai

Looking Ahead in 2025 — with Kareem Shaheen, Lisa Goldman, Danny Postel and Faisal Al Yafai

Editors' Picks

The Unraveling of Jimmy Carter’s Middle East

The Unraveling of Jimmy Carter’s Middle East

Hope and Despair at Assad’s ‘Human Slaughterhouse’

Hope and Despair at Assad’s ‘Human Slaughterhouse’

Aubin Eymard, Cian Ward

Dawn in Damascus

Dawn in Damascus

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Contributors

Kareem Shaheen

Kareem Shaheen

"I keep reaching, myself, to find the words, and they fail me. Nothing seems to capture the moment. I wrestle with the recesses of my mind for the words, and then I see a photo of a detainee and I break down and start over. I’m not even Syrian. Just someone who was fortunate to take part briefly in their journey. Why does my heart feel like it will burst?"

Lynzy Billing

Lynzy Billing

"Watching people in the city go about their daily lives and watching the world’s callous indifference to the onslaught in Gaza, just miles away, it was as if time had not moved at all. We had seen this before."

Diane de Vignemont

Diane de Vignemont

"For the women who gather daily in Avignon, Gisele’s courage has created something extraordinary: a sisterhood born of pain and forged in resilience. Together, they are rewriting the narrative of sexual violence, proving that solidarity can rise even from the darkest places."

Peter Guest

Peter Guest

"What is often not captured in the reckoning of the nickel industry is what comes after the mineral wealth is finally exhausted. The rush has descended quickly on economies and cultures that have endured for decades, even centuries, and caused damage that might take generations to repair."