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Government Shutdown Threatens Key U.S. Initiative in Pacific

Chaos in Congress jeopardizes Biden’s efforts to re-up ties with Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands.

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Robbie Gramer

Iran Is Doubling Down on Headscarves

One year after an uprising over women’s rights, the government has passed a harsh new hijab law.

Analysis

Sina Toossi

Cultural Decoupling From China Is Not the Answer

Beijing’s censorship has pernicious effects on artists and educational institutions—but abandoning all cultural ties would do more harm than good.

Argument

Suzanne Nossel

How the U.S. Created Its Own Reality

Historian Heather Cox Richardson charts the roots of 21st-century disinformation—and how American democracy began to falter.

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Heather Cox Richardson

David W. Lesch

David W. Lesch is professor of Middle East history at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He is author or editor of 12 books, including the upcoming Syria: The Fall of the House of Assad and The Arab Spring: Change and Resistance in the Middle East. He also is the author of The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and Modern Syria and The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History.

Articles by David W. Lesch