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Leaders Can’t Lift Lockdowns Without Public Trust

Germany's reopening is working because Angela Merkel treats citizens like adults; China's is succeeding because people see results. In India, there's no trust—and little evidence of progress.

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Avtar Singh

Trump Scapegoats China and WHO—and Americans Will Suffer

The White House’s official narrative about the pandemic is contradicted by the facts—and creates new obstacles to stopping the virus.

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Laurie Garrett

America’s Race Problem Erupts Anew, Layered With Coronavirus Tensions

Rioting in the aftermath of another police-inflicted death—this time in one of the most prosperous U.S. cities—reveals how little progress has been made.

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Allison Carlson, Michael Hirsh

Our Top Weekend Reads

The stock market is soaring, African leaders are rallying around George Floyd, and reducing the U.S. military presence abroad could boost the domestic economy.

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Dan Haverty

Anatol Lieven

<p> Anatol Lieven's book, Pakistan: A Hard Country, was recently published in an updated paperback edition. He is a professor in the war studies department of King's College London and a senior fellow of the New America Foundation. </p>

Stories by Anatol Lieven