Essay
List of Essay articles
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A pedestrian passes vandalized European Parliament election posters of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella of the National Rally party on a street in Paris on June 27. The West Misunderstands Its Own Far Right
The right-wing parties poised to take power aren’t populist. They’re something much worse.
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Illustration of a torn map of Europe revealing Donald Trump Trump’s Return Would Transform Europe
Without Washington’s embrace, the continent could revert to an anarchic and illiberal past.
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An illustration shows symbols from the U.S. dollar acting as balloons as they lift George Washington from the dollar bill as he sits atop a globe throne. Don’t Bet Against the Dollar
U.S. competitors are pushing the limits of autonomy within a dollar-based system, but there isn’t a real global alternative—and the world is far from an inflection point.
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Theodor Meron, an elderly man wearing a hat and glasses, is framed between two columns with names etched into them as he stands at a memorial for children killed in Sarajevo. The Man Who Tried to Save Israel From Itself
This time, Israel must heed Theodor Meron’s warning.
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A photo collage illustration shows the Star of David from Israel's flag overlaid atop a WWII-era map of China and a photo of Jewish refugees lined up against the rail of a ship as they attempt to flee Europe. What if Israel Had Been in China?
How Albert Einstein, a Brooklyn dentist, and pre-World War II Chinese leaders tried to create a Jewish homeland in Yunnan.
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A photo illustration shows a deflated plastic globe with a pen speared into it. Where Global Governance Went Wrong—and How to Fix It
International agreements have not balanced our freedoms in the way that they should.
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Workers at a construction site of the new administrative capital of Egypt, an unfinished skyscraper is in the background. A Tale of Two Megalopolises
What new cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt tell us about their autocrats.
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An illustration shows the face of a man reflected in a pond. Around him are lilypads covered with lotus flowers. Becoming Indian
A novelist considers how his sense of national identity has changed.
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A grid of photos shows 15 portraits of India's Gen Z. Meet India’s Generation Z
The people who will shape the country’s next decades came of age during the Modi era.
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A photo illustration shows a crowd of people filling the face of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The New Idea of India
Narendra Modi’s reign is producing a less liberal but more assured nation.
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A woman stands in front of a wall of victims' names at a memorial for the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Long Cultural Legacy of the Rwandan Genocide
Over 30 years, the event became synonymous with the moral failures of a state-bound foreign-policy order.
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An illustration shows the laurel leaves of the United Nations logo tied in a knot. The U.N. Security Council’s Default Is Deadlock
Countries have used the body’s impasse over conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine to advance their own interests.
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A collage illustration shows half of the face of Joseph Stalin and half of the face of a larger Vladimir Putin alongside a star with a Z on top of it. Russia Is Back to the Stalinist Future
With a Soviet-style election, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has come full circle.
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A photo collage illustration of a finger made of bits of contracts and pieces of tech to represent a large corporation, pushing down on the American flag. America Has a Resilience Problem
The chair of the Federal Trade Commission makes the case for competition in an increasingly consolidated world.
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A photo illustration of a roll of money on a globe stand to illustrate the era of plenty. The World’s Biggest Crisis Is the End of Scarcity
How our era of plenty has created the global problems that plague us today.
