Leaving Afghanistan
What happens to the country and its people after the forever war ends?
Threatening Taiwan Gets China More Than Invading It Would
The language of force has let Beijing limit and use the island.
The World Has No Answer for Migration
The migrant crisis in Belarus is a window into the failure of today’s global order to solve a growing problem.
Russia Is Right on the Middle East
Moscow has been supporting, not undermining, U.S. interests in the region.
Unionization Can End America’s Supply Chain Crisis
Allowing workers to organize would protect and empower undocumented immigrants critical to the U.S. economy.
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Shadow Government
A front-row seat to the Republicans’ debate over foreign policy, including their critique of the Biden administration.
Float, Move, and Fight
How the U.S. Navy lost the shipbuilding race.
Sea Power Makes Great Powers
History reveals a country’s rise and decline are directly related to the heft of its navy. So why is the United States intent on downsizing?
The Ever Given Crew Are Still Stuck at Sea
Here’s why and what their story means for other seafarers.
Indira Gandhi’s Lesson for Modi
A new account of India’s state of emergency in the 1970s takes on fresh relevance amid its ongoing erosion of democracy.
Long Reads
The Doomed Voyage of Pepsi’s Soviet Navy
A three-decade dream of communist markets ended in the scrapyard.
Nature Is Becoming a Person
How to make sense of the new global trend that grants legal rights to animals, plants, and rivers.
A Squabble About History Almost Killed Xi Jinping’s Father
Fights about the party’s past are serious business in Beijing.
Farmers Have Become Martyrs in India
A grim death toll accompanies long-running protests.
A New Look at the Nordics
Nordic Countries Aren’t Actually Socialist
Denmark, Norway, and Sweden shouldn’t be held up as socialist utopias.
How the Danish Left Adopted a Far-Right Immigration Policy
In an effort to outflank the populist right, the ruling Social Democrats have adopted one of the harshest refugee policies in the world.
Even Sweden Doesn’t Want Migrants Anymore
Sweden’s generous response to the 2015 refugee crisis may have permanently dented its moral worldview.
Rich Countries’ Climate Policies Are Colonialism in Green
At COP26, developed-world governments are working to keep the global south poor.
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The Gap Between Talk and Action on Climate Is on Full Display in Glasgow
Environmental disasters are rapidly engulfing the world. Can bureaucracy meet their pace?
The Month in World Photos
A military coup in Sudan, migrant crises in the United States and Europe, and an out-of-this-world training mission in Israel.
