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Dec 15 201612 minutes
The Misplaced Fear Of ‘Normalization'
The battle over norms is lost—but thankfully, the battle over outcomes remains.
Dec 13 20167 minutes
Aleppo Is Falling
How Assad and Russia achieved a major victory at a devastating cost
Dec 12 20163 minutes
Banks? Not My Problem Now!
After a defeat, Italy’s Matteo Renzi will leave the quandary of ailing lenders unsolved | It’s “a huge drag on growth, but it won’t solve itself spontaneously”
Global Conflicts To Watch In 2017
The greatest unknown for U.S. interests in the world might be the United States itself.
Dec 12 20167 minutes
Globalization Doesn't Make As Much Sense As It Used To
Since its founding, America has swung from protectionism to free trade. What’s next?
Why Trump’s Republican Party Is Embracing Russia
Ideological and civilizational conservatives united in opposition to the Soviet Union, but divide on whether Putin’s Russia is a totalitarian enemy, or a defender of the Christian west.
Dec 9 20168 minutes
Russia And The Threat To Liberal Democracy
How Vladimir Putin is making the world safe for autocracy
Putin And Assad Are About To Achieve Their Biggest Victory In Syria
“All the world has failed us,” a resident of the Syrian city of Aleppo told the BBC this week, via a WhatsApp audio message. “The city is dying. Rapidly by bombardment, and slowly by hunger and fear of the advance of the Assad regime.”In recent weeks
The Atlantic Daily: Hard Truths
Trump picked Scott Pruitt for EPA head, Aleppo has nearly fallen, Glenn Beck regretted his extreme claims, and more.
The Foreign Policy Milestones Of 2017
A look ahead to some of the major global anniversaries in the coming year
Dec 5 20161 minute
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Donald Stratton miraculously survived the surprise attack that left 2,400 dead. Now he wants to make sure others never forget what happened on that day
Dec 4 20163 minutes
Is It Too Late To Save The Two-State Solution?
Secretary of State John Kerry thinks there’s still time—but the process is moving in the wrong direction.
Dec 3 20163 minutes
Italy's Referendum: Not 'Italexit,' But Still Critical
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has staked his political future on a “yes” vote Sunday. Polls show him losing.
Castro In Africa
The contradictions of exporting revolution
Lessons From Trump’s ‘Fantastic’ Phone Call To Pakistan
On words and meaning in international politics
The Psychological Trauma Of A Multi-Generation War
Colombian children have never lived in a world where their country was not fighting. Now, as peace finally seems probable, the nation is grappling with the mental-health fallout from the conflict.
Dec 1 20163 minutes
Hebron, Palestine
Maram Salim on where to spot graffiti and taste sheep’s neck.
Nov 28 20163 minutes
Chinese Investors Hear London Calling
Since the Brexit vote, rents are down, and some see bargains | The capital “is still a great magnet for companies from Asia”
Nov 28 20161 minute
Trump’s Too-Tidy Plan To Defeat Islamic State
His in-and-out military solution will not be quick, and may leave the area in greater chaos
Nov 21 20161 minute
Their Divorce Battle Heats Up
SINCE ANGELINA JOLIE FILED FOR DIVORCE on Sept. 19 and requested sole physical custody of the couple’s six children, Brad Pitt’s interactions with their kids have been limited. Locked in divorce negotiations with Jolie, Pitt, 52, has only been able t
Nov 14 20161 minute
South Korea’s Familial Presidential Family Scandal
THERE ARE POLITICAL SCANDALS, THERE are odd political scandals, and then there’s whatever is happening in South Korea. The controversy centers on the murky relationship between President Park Geun-hye and an old friend named Choi Soon-sil. Park is ac
Lebanon’s New Leader Aims To Keep ‘Regional Fires’ At Bay
JARED MALSIN LEBANON’S PARLIAMENT ELECTED RETIRED general Michel Aoun as President on Oct. 31, ending a 29-month political stalemate during which the country had no head of state. Aoun’s ascension fills a vacuum but provides few long-term answers as
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Their Divorce Battle Heats Up
SINCE ANGELINA JOLIE FILED FOR DIVORCE on Sept. 19 and requested sole physical custody of the couple’s six children, Brad Pitt’s interactions with their kids have been limited. Locked in divorce negotiations with Jolie, Pitt, 52, has only been able t
Oct 24 20163 minutes
Where the Next Crisis Will Come From
Keep an eye on depressed lenders, shadow banks, and China
Oct 10 20167 minutes
The Killing Season Inside Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs
AROUND 11 P.M. ON JULY 25, RESTITUTO Castro received an anonymous text message asking him to leave his house in northern Manila and go to the corner of the MacArthur Highway. Just hours earlier, the new Philippine President, 71-year-old Rodrigo Duter
Oct 3 20162 minutes
Don’t Pardon Edward Snowden
He performed a service by revealing NSA methods but should still face a jury
Trump’s Too-Tidy Plan To Defeat Islamic State
His in-and-out military solution will not be quick, and may leave the area in greater chaos
Oct 1 201617 minutes
Every Move You Make
Over eight years, U.S. president Barack Obama has created the most intrusive surveillance apparatus in the world. To what end?
Oct 31 20162 minutes
How To Stay Friends With The Philippines
The U.S. must keep cool amid outbursts by the hotheaded president of its longtime ally
Nov 7 201610 minutes
Iraq Takes On Isis
The battle for Mosul begins—and fractured Iraqi forces will have to pay for every inch
Sep 26 20161 minute
Rachel Weisz
E.B. In Denial, out Sept. 30, the actor, 46, plays historian Deborah Lipstadt, who was sued for libel in 1996 for calling author David Irving a Holocaust denier; in the British legal system, the burden fell on her defense team to essentially prove t
Putin And Assad Are About To Achieve Their Biggest Victory In Syria
“All the world has failed us,” a resident of the Syrian city of Aleppo told the BBC this week, via a WhatsApp audio message. “The city is dying. Rapidly by bombardment, and slowly by hunger and fear of the advance of the Assad regime.”In recent weeks
Oct 24 20162 minutes
The Iran Paradox
Roughly 2,500 years ago, the first great Persian Empire, led by Cyrus the Great, was founded. Over the next several centuries, it grew to dominate a significant portion of the world’s extant population and stretched from western India to the Mediterr
The Financial World’s Rotten Culture Is Still a Threat—to All of Us
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A GROUP of economists to confirm reality. Last year, a team of German academics released a study on the effects of major financial crises on politics, examining 800 elections over 140 years in 20 advanced economies. They found that
South Korea’s Familial Presidential Family Scandal
THERE ARE POLITICAL SCANDALS, THERE are odd political scandals, and then there’s whatever is happening in South Korea. The controversy centers on the murky relationship between President Park Geun-hye and an old friend named Choi Soon-sil. Park is ac
U.S.-Russia Tensions Reach Dangerous New Level
EVERY DAY AMERICAN PILOTS fly scores of sorties against terrorist targets in Syria. And on every mission, the pilots watch their instruments for signs that one of the Syrian government’s thousands of surface-to-air missiles, including Russian batteri
Beating ISIS—And Saving Iraq
ISIS’S CROWN JEWEL in Iraq for more than two years is all but guaranteed to fall soon to a major military offensive led by Iraqi security forces and bolstered by U.S. advisers and airpower. Retaking Mosul, a city of 1 million that has been a keystone
The U.S. Has a Weak Hand in Syria—and Russia Knows It
HOW FAST CAN A PEACE DEAL FALL APART? On day one (Sept. 12), a U.S.-Russia-brokered cease-fire went into effect in Syria. By day four, Moscow and Washington were accusing each other of violations. On day five, a U.K.-based NGO was reporting that airs
Chinese Investors Hear London Calling
Since the Brexit vote, rents are down, and some see bargains | The capital “is still a great magnet for companies from Asia”
Oct 10 201614 minutes
Hacking the Voter
WHAT’S BEHIND RUSSIA’S EFFORT TO INFLUENCE THE U.S. ELECTION
Nov 7 20164 minutes
How Do You Say Déjà Vu In Chinese?
Beijing is heading down a questionable path we’ve seen before: Japan’s
Remembering Pearl Harbor
Donald Stratton miraculously survived the surprise attack that left 2,400 dead. Now he wants to make sure others never forget what happened on that day
Castro In Africa
The contradictions of exporting revolution
Aug 22 20163 minutes
A Stunning Rebel Push in Aleppo Resets Syria’s Endless Civil War
THE CITY AT THE HEART OF SYRIA’S civil war saw a dramatic reversal of fortune in recent days as rebel fighters in Aleppo made a daring advance against forces loyal to the regime of President Bashar Assad. Opposition fighters reported that they had pu
What a Terrorist Acting Alone Says About the Loyalty of U.S. Muslims
A WEEKEND THAT BEGAN WITH THREE bombs in New York and New Jersey, plus a knife attack at a Minnesota mall, ended with a far more encouraging sight on Monday morning: the burly figure of Ahmad Khan Rahami, huddling against the elements in the entrance
Kashmir Attack Pushes India and Pakistan to the Brink
RISHI IYENGAR ON THE MORNING OF SEPT. 18, FOUR HEAVILY armed men attacked an Indian army base near the town of Uri in the disputed territory of Kashmir. The attack left at least 18 soldiers dead and over two dozen wounded, and it threatens to disrup
The Atlantic Daily: Hard Truths
Trump picked Scott Pruitt for EPA head, Aleppo has nearly fallen, Glenn Beck regretted his extreme claims, and more.
Russia And The Threat To Liberal Democracy
How Vladimir Putin is making the world safe for autocracy
