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U.S. Daily Death Toll Spikes as Leaders Warn of Impact on the Poor

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Anthony Fauci have both voiced worries that coronavirus death toll may disproportionately affect the poor.

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The Coronavirus Will Destroy Turkey’s Economy

Ankara’s finances were weak before the pandemic—but the combination of external debt, a public health crisis, and a president who chooses to protect his reputation rather than his people could spell disaster.

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Aykan Erdemir, John A. Lechner

Thou Shalt Practice Social Distancing

The world’s major faiths face a test, and some religious leaders are failing by endangering human lives in the name of adhering to tradition—and ushering in a new age of secularism in the process.

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America Needs a National Service Draft Now to Fight the Coronavirus

Nations have always mobilized young people when facing existential crises like war. The case for national service has never been clearer.

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Charli Carpenter

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Argument: Afghanistan’s Victory for Democracy and Loss for Peace Afghanistan’s Victory for Democracy and Lo...

Samuel Ramani

Samuel Ramani is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Politics and International Relations at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford.

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An Afghan man attends a campaign rally for Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive of Afghanistan, in Bamiyan on Sept. 25 (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images )

Afghanistan’s Victory for Democracy and Loss for Peace

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September 27, 2019, 12:33 PM

Representatives of the Taliban attend international talks on Afghanistan in Moscow on Nov. 9, 2018.

In the Demise of the Taliban Peace Talks, Russia Is the Winner

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September 11, 2019, 11:13 AM

A Libyan flag is seen outside an oil refinery in Zawiya on Sept. 23, 2011.

Outsiders’ Battle to Rebuild Libya Is Fueling the Civil War There

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August 22, 2019, 12:22 PM

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