Elon Musk Wanted Gamers’ Respect, Instead He Got a Scandal
Elon Musk courted gamers with tales of his prodigious talent, but the edifice crumbled when he was forced to admit that he didn’t do his own gaming. The result was a bizarre and seemingly unnecessary feud with a group many see as his natural supporters.
Modi Is Placating Trump on Illegal Migration, Despite Opposition at Home
As increasing illegal immigration from India to the U.S. comes under the spotlight, New Delhi has been prompt in communicating that it intends to cooperate with Trump.
The Limits of a Liberal Understanding of the State
Can liberalism understand — and counter — strongman politics? In the wake of Trump’s reelection, the Egyptian writer Mahmoud Hadhoud spoke to the American legal theorist Paul Kahn in search of lessons for the Arab world.
Jordan May Be Ready To Challenge Trump
Today’s meeting between King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Donald Trump is being closely watched across the Middle East. Often seen as a pragmatic and cautious mediator, Jordan’s king is emerging as central in a new grouping of Arab states aligned against U.S. and Israeli regional policies.
In Somalia’s Faltering Shadow War Against al-Shabab, Recruits Are Victims on and off the Battlefield
A young Somali soldier joined the army to fight al-Shabab after being promised he would be trained in Qatar. Instead, he was flown from Mogadishu to Eritrea, where he was abused and tortured while undergoing covert military training.