In Other Words

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Can You Write a Novel on Twitter?

The quest to write great literature, 140 characters at a time.

Photographs by Erin Trieb
Photographs by Erin Trieb

Can an American Soldier Ever Die in Vain?

What Shakespeare, Lincoln, and 
"Lone Survivor" teach us about the danger 
of refusing to confront futility in war.

Photo: Lauren DeCicca
Photo: Lauren DeCicca

The Reckoning

After decades of censorship, Burma's filmmakers probe their country's dark past.

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Most Favored Narrations

The 10 best books, according to China's ruling elite.

Top image: David Levenson/Getty Images Europe; iStockphoto
Top image: David Levenson/Getty Images Europe; iStockphoto

Muse of the Revolution

A Syrian-American writer finds her voice, with help from Libya's most famous novelist.

Photograph by Renée Comet
Photograph by Renée Comet

The Cookbook Theory of Economics

Why Chinese and Mexican dominate the market.

Photograph by Renée Comet
Photograph by Renée Comet
Photograph by Renée Comet
Photograph by Renée Comet

Austerity Lentils

What a country cooks when it's collapsing.

FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images
FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

Market Revolution

How Poland learned to love its own cuisine.

Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Chris McGrath/Getty Images

The Singularity of Fools

A special report from the utopian future.

Arrow Films
Arrow Films

‘Homeland’ in the Holy Land

A TV thriller taps into Israel's collective subconscious.

Insecurity Camera

Homeland and the Israeli show that inspired it aren't the only thrillers that tackle their countries' deepest national security concerns. Here are five other programs that tap into national psyches.

Peeter Viisimaa/Getty Images
Peeter Viisimaa/Getty Images

The KGB Oscars

In Putin's Russia, it's the spies that are handing out the awards for the year's best movies.

Photos courtesy of Scott Johnson
Photos courtesy of Scott Johnson

A Father’s Secret…

And his journalist son's search for the truth.

Historical photos courtesy of Peter Buck Feller
Historical photos courtesy of Peter Buck Feller

Declassified

The son of a Red Army intelligence officer sent to die in a Siberian gulag discovers his father's KGB file, and a cottage industry of children-of-spies memoirs.

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How Governments Should Manage the Rise of AI

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The war in Ukraine has propelled the United States and Europe closer on a variety of foreign-policy issues. But do Washington and Brussels agree on how to deal with Beijing’s growing clout...Show more

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Inside the U.S.-China Tech War

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The Reckoning

After decades of censorship, Burma's filmmakers probe their country's dark past.