Roe Abolition Makes U.S. a Global Outlier
Almost 50 years ago, the United States liberalized abortion laws, and the world followed suit. Today, it joins Iran, North Korea, and Russia in rolling back reproductive rights.
Japan Is Getting Real on Security After Ukraine
A flurry of moves is positioning Tokyo at the center of anti-China alliances.
Afghans Battle Another Blow After Big Earthquake
The Taliban can’t govern in normal times, let alone disaster response.
From Pushkin to Putin: Russian Literature’s Imperial Ideology
Russian classical literature, chock full of dehumanizing nationalism, reads disturbingly familiar today.
Asia
The U.N. Knows Afghanistan Is Messed Up. But It’s Keeping Mum.
China
The European Union Is Turning on China
Middle East & Africa
U.S. Aid to Saudi Arabia on Missile Defense Is Not Unconditional
Europe
Congress Seeks to Declare Putin’s War Genocide
Americas
America Is the World’s Gun Store
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What Exactly Is America’s China Policy?
The United States needs to right-size the China threat to know how to counter it.
How Beijing Sees Biden
For decades, Chinese leaders thought they knew the man who would become America’s 46th president. But he was changing all along.
Long Reads
Germany Confronts Its Nuclear Demons
Opposition to all things nuclear was the bedrock of the modern German political psyche. Then came Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Is Brexit a Swamp Creature From 10,000 Years Ago?
Ian Morris’s latest pop history looks for the roots of British particularism.
The Problem With Being a Petrostate
Is the “oil weapon” largely nonexistent?
Christian Nationalism Is Tearing Ethiopia Apart
A religious revival rooted in the country’s imperial history has coincided with civil war and the spread of genocidal rhetoric—endangering a diverse and multifaith nation.
LGBTQ Rights Around the World
Gay Reparations Are Past Due
The United States lags behind many other countries in making up for its abusive past. Here’s why—and how to fix it.
Fighting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Paved the Way for Gay Rights
A new book chronicles the arduous struggle for LGBTQ equality in the U.S. military.
How Gay Rights Advance Democracy in the Middle East
LGBT activists are in the vanguard of the struggle against the region’s dictators and theocrats.
Singing for Inclusivity in Turkey
Yeliz Guzel’s pride choir brought LGBTQ Turks together—but left her ostracized.
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The Month in World Photos
Mass shootings in the United States, record flooding in Southeast Asia, and continued losses in Ukraine. This was May 2022.
LGBTQI Muslims in India Find Solace in Their Pets
“The first living being to know that I am a gay was my pet parakeet.”
