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An illustration shows two palm trees intertwined

The Problem With the Global South’s Self-Help Push

Poorer countries have become more integrated but not necessarily more united.

Essay
David C. Engerman
Two women work at a sewing machine in a booth filled with patterned fabrics. A man is seen working on fabric at a table on the left.
Two women work at a sewing machine in a booth filled with patterned fabrics. A man is seen working on fabric at a table on the left.

Africa Is Now Calling the Shots

Governments, civil society, and the private sector are reimagining development away from external interventions.

Essay
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli
An illustration of a tattered flag with a globe waving from a makeshift stick flagpole/
An illustration of a tattered flag with a globe waving from a makeshift stick flagpole/

The End of Development

The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.

Essay
Adam Tooze
A poster of a soldier holding up a rifle.
A poster of a soldier holding up a rifle.

How Russia Distorts the Past

Memory politics shape Putin’s influence at home and abroad.

The Reading List
Chloe Hadavas
A close-up photo shows Putin's face and upper body with red, blue, and white neon lights in the background. Putin is dressed in a suit and tie and has a neutral expression on his face.
A close-up photo shows Putin's face and upper body with red, blue, and white neon lights in the background. Putin is dressed in a suit and tie and has a neutral expression on his face.

Putin: Foreign Troops in Ukraine Would Be ‘Legitimate Targets’

Moscow insists that peacekeepers are unnecessary because Russia would abide by a future peace deal.

World Brief
Alexandra Sharp
Carlos Alcaraz, dressed in pink and magenta, tosses a tennis ball in the air on the U.S. Open's green and blue court.
Carlos Alcaraz, dressed in pink and magenta, tosses a tennis ball in the air on the U.S. Open's green and blue court.

The Economics of the U.S. Open

The origins of tennis still shape the sport—including how much players earn at the major tournaments. This article has an audio recording

Insider
Cameron Abadi, Adam Tooze
Two soldiers walk along a fence in front of the Berlin wall in a snowy winter scene.
Two soldiers walk along a fence in front of the Berlin wall in a snowy winter scene.

The East-West Contest With No End

The Cold War was tragic, comic, and epic—and it’s still playing out today.

Review
Michael Kimmage
People wait in line to vote in Guyana's presidential election in the capital, Georgetown.
People wait in line to vote in Guyana's presidential election in the capital, Georgetown.

What in the World?

Test yourself on the week of Aug. 30: Guyana votes, Indonesian students protest, and U.S. forces strike a Caribbean boat.

Quiz
Drew Gorman
A man writes on the arm of a woman as she looks down at him.
A man writes on the arm of a woman as she looks down at him.

‘Dhadak 2’ Is About Love, Death, and Caste in India

A new film shatters the Bollywood fantasy around romance and family.

Review
Meher Manda
A grid of 12 book covers showing new releases in global fiction.
A grid of 12 book covers showing new releases in global fiction.

The Novels We’re Reading in September

From a North American nail salon to a Korean institute for haunted objects.

Books
Chloe Hadavas, Allison Meakem
An illustration shows a zoomed-in view of the peel of a banana with a Chiquita sticker on it peeling off. Black images on the peel show workers striking, worker gloves and other gear.
An illustration shows a zoomed-in view of the peel of a banana with a Chiquita sticker on it peeling off. Black images on the peel show workers striking, worker gloves and other gear.

Bananas, After the Strike

Labor strife, climate shocks, and Chiquita’s uneasy return mark a new chapter for Panama’s banana industry.

Analysis
Cristina Guevara
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.

Putin and Xi Have Different Plans to Live Forever

What a fixation with immortality says about two aging autocrats.

Argument
James Palmer
A farmer uses the long, hollow arm of a machine to funnel soybeans from his small silo grain bin into the bed of a large truck. Lush green soybean fields stretch to the horizon in the distance beneath a partly cloudy sky.
A farmer uses the long, hollow arm of a machine to funnel soybeans from his small silo grain bin into the bed of a large truck. Lush green soybean fields stretch to the horizon in the distance beneath a partly cloudy sky.

Trump Is Squeezing U.S. Farmers on All Sides

The president’s chaotic agenda is making business even harder for one of his key voter bases.

Report
Christina Lu
Sharaa sits in an ornately decorated armchair with his hands folded in his lap. He is in his young 40s, wearing a suit and a beard. Barrack, an older bald man who also wears a suit, sits in another armchair at a diagonal. They face small low tables with water glasses on them; a Syrian flag hangs in the corner.
Sharaa sits in an ornately decorated armchair with his hands folded in his lap. He is in his young 40s, wearing a suit and a beard. Barrack, an older bald man who also wears a suit, sits in another armchair at a diagonal. They face small low tables with water glasses on them; a Syrian flag hangs in the corner.

Qué Sharaa, Sharaa

With concrete steps, Washington can keep Syria’s future on track.

Shadow Government
Eitan Danon, Daniel Schneiderman
A person in a plaid shirt stands in front of a dirt covered lot with an excavator and palm trees.
A person in a plaid shirt stands in front of a dirt covered lot with an excavator and palm trees.

The Battle of Narratives on the Thai-Cambodian Border

The recent conflict has shifted domestic politics in both countries.

Analysis
Andrew Nachemson
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