List of Society articles
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A small market on Song Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan. Russian Won’t Be Kyrgyzstan’s Lingua Franca for Long
The war in Ukraine is leading to a linguistic backlash in Russophone Central Asia as young people embrace their mother tongues.
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Books-in-brief-foreign-policy-April The Novels We’re Reading in April
Two head-spinning rides through a globalized world.
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Masked fighters in camouflage stand in lines holding guns. What Are Uyghurs Doing in Syria?
They helped overthrow Assad, but potential terrorist ties complicate the community's future in the country.
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Demonstrators hold signs behind a barricade that say "HANDS OFF OUR UNIVERSITY," "DEFEND THE LAW," and "HANDS OFF OUR RESEARCH." Trump’s Real Motives in Attacking U.S. Universities
How the president’s crackdown on higher education fits into his broader political program.
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Donald Trump points toward a Tiktok logo on a dark phone screen. Trump Won’t Give Up (on) TikTok
The U.S. president has taken negotiations down to the wire to save the popular video-sharing app.
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Protesters hold up umbrellas to shield themselves from strong splashes of water gushing from somewhere off to the right side of the image. Most of the demonstrators are young adults, and some wear helmets and surgical masks. Water droplets splatter around the entire image. Indonesians Take to Streets Against New Military Laws
Seemingly innocuous changes are a reminder of the past dictatorship.
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U.S. President Donald Trump uses his cellphone as he holds a roundtable discussion with governors about the economic reopening of closures due to COVID-19 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. Is the Trump Administration SNAFU or FUBAR?
The history of intelligence scandals reveals just how routine—and not—Signalgate has been.
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A man rides a bicycle past the Trocadero Esplanade as dark rain clouds loom over The Eiffel Tower in Paris on May 9, 2020. Europe Must Avoid Becoming a Digital Colony
The EuroStack is the continent’s last chance for technological sovereignty in the era of AI.
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The Department of Education building in Washington, DC on March 24. Why Republicans Hate the Education Department
Broad popular support means that even Ronald Reagan failed at dismantling the agency.
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Five U.S. government officials, dressed in business formal or military attire, sit side-by-side at a long table, each in front of a microphone and a namecard. The shot is taken from slightly below the table, showing a dark room behind the officials other than bright white fluorescent lights that glare in a grid pattern overhead. How the Signal Chat Leak Makes the NSA’s Job Harder
Now that everyone uses the same communications technologies, security vulnerabilities are amplified.
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A man holds a sign reading "Hispanics For Trump" among a crowd at a rally. The Latino Far Right Is Living in a MAGA Fantasy
Centuries of colonialism have spawned magical thinking about race and assimilation.
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A closeup image of a teenage boy's face. Netflix’s ‘Adolescence’ Taps Into the Latest Moral Panic
Fears about children’s depravity are a proxy for adult worries.
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Students attend a class on the first day of the school year at a high school in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 1, 2023. Trump Aid Cuts Threaten Myanmar’s Youth
The administration’s knee-jerk reactions are harming the world’s most vulnerable. A scholarship program was among the first on the chopping block.
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Signage for Voice of America in Washington, D.C. We Need the Voice of America Now More Than Ever
Cutting off independent media abroad leaves the United States vulnerable at home.
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Protesters march in support of the "Friend Act-Megobari Act" in Tbilisi, Georgia, on March 22, 2025. How the U.S. Can Fight for Georgia’s Democracy
An act in Congress could help curtail the Georgian Dream party.