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October 13, 2026
Is This the Beginning of the End of Indian Democracy?
The Modi government has removed more than a hundred million people from voter rolls and is cracking down on a vigorous protest movement.
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October 2, 2026
Why the War in Iran Is Likely to Heat Up Again
Oil exports in the Gulf have rebounded as the U.S. escorts ships through the Strait of Hormuz. But the obstacles to a lasting peace are greater than ever.
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September 21, 2026
What Life Is Actually Like in Gaza Today
Nearly a year after the ceasefire, the analyst Jaser Abu Mousa explains the impediments to rebuilding, and the devastation of his own family.
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September 18, 2026
Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.
China’s fears about the technology are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation?
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September 13, 2026
Is Zionism’s Moral Crisis About Roads Not Taken—or Original Sin?
Where Benjamin Moser replaces one story of Jewish exceptionalism with another, Omer Bartov shows what’s lost when polemic takes the place of history.
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September 8, 2026
Can East Germany’s Cold War History Explain the Rise of the AfD?
After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades.
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September 3, 2026
Reporting the Big World
Neal Ascherson found himself at the center of the great crises of Cold War Europe. Do careers like his exist anymore?
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August 24, 2026
Why Israeli Authorities Are Encouraging Settler Violence Against Palestinians
Retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West Bank, discusses Israel’s strategy in the run up to October’s election.
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August 3, 2026
What Do India’s Gen Z Protests Mean for Modi?
A movement of young people frustrated with India’s education system and economy has become the most serious challenge yet to an increasingly authoritarian government.
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July 30, 2026
Will Left-Wing Democrats Reinvent the Party or Hurt Its Chances in November?
Bernie Sanders’s erstwhile campaign manager explains why he thinks it’s the former.
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