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The Hiroshima Effect

Seventy-five years after the first nuclear bomb fell, we are grateful it hasn’t happened again, mystified it didn’t, and terrified it still might.

Essay |

Michael Hirsh

Beirut’s Deadly Blast Reignites Anger Against Lebanon’s Ruling Elite

Lebanese people, rocked by a massive port explosion, are fed up with incompetence.

Dispatch |

Rebecca Collard

What’s Next for TikTok?

The confused U.S. policy over the Chinese-owned app exemplifies the challenges of decoupling in a globalized world.

China Brief |

James Palmer

Kashmiris Lament the Loss of Their Youth

While much of India opened up to the world after the country’s 1991 reforms, Kashmir instead became the world’s most militarized zone. A generation of young people have suffered.

Argument |

Raksha Kumar

Christopher Smart

Christopher Smart is the chief global strategist at Barings and the head of the Barings Investment Institute.

Stories by Christopher Smart

A homeless man panhandles along a street in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Aug. 16.

To Avoid a Coronavirus Depression, the U.S. Can’t Afford to Alienate the World

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Christopher Smart

July 28, 2020, 4:03 PM

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Christopher Smart

To Avoid a Coronavirus Depression, the U.S. Can’t Afford to Alienate the World

The Hiroshima Effect

Beirut’s Deadly Blast Reignites Anger Against Lebanon’s Ruling Elite

What’s Next for TikTok?

Kashmiris Lament the Loss of Their Youth

Kashmir’s Year of Hopelessness