List of Society articles
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GettyImages-1246713265 (1) Europe’s Big Climate Plan Isn’t Working
The continent has put the world’s strictest environmental standards into law—and is failing to meet them.
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Donald Trump stands next to Hung Cao and a woman as people seated in a Vietnamese restaurant lift up their mobile phones to take pictures. In Virginia, a Vietnamese American Community Divided
A longshot Republican challenger to Sen. Tim Kaine appeals to fears about communism—and sees mixed results.
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A visitor walks between graves at the May 18 National Cemetery in Gwangju, South Korea, on May 14, 2020. Han Kang’s Nobel Is a Win for South Korea’s Democratic Struggle
The novelist focuses on dictatorial atrocities that still shadow Korean politics.
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Members of a militia march single-file on a narrow dirt trail through a meadow teeming with high grass and tall wildflowers. They wear matching green camouflage fatigues, helmets and tactical vests, and serious expressions, and they hold rifles at low ready position. How to Build an Inclusive Myanmar Post-Junta
Resistance forces have unified against the military, but activists say that any future state must ensure rights for marginalized groups.
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An election worker processes a stack of 2024 general election ballots with the tabulation machine in front of observers. How America’s Fourth-Largest County Is Preparing for Election Interference
Maricopa County in Arizona has been a lightning rod for election deniers since 2020. Officials there say they’re prepared this time around.
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An illustration shows a semiconductor chip as a table with small figures gathered around it. Around it is an electric grid connecting to data centers. The Next AI Debate Is About Geopolitics
Data might be the “new oil,” but nations—not nature—will decide where to build data centers.
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Akon, wearing a light blue suit and holding a microphone gestures and looks down as he sings agains a blue and purple background. Senegal’s Cryptocurrency City Has Evaporated
Singer Akon wanted to help his childhood country—but tokens were a dead end.
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A worker sitting at a desk with several computer monitors is seen from behind and across a room in a facility in Shanghai. Other monitors hang above nearby work desks, and a walkway or scaffolding stretches overhead. A Chinese flag hangs from high up on a nearby wall. America Needs Clear Standards for China Tech Decoupling
A new Washington consensus risks improvised and chaotic policy.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivers a speech at the Brookings Institution. Jake Sullivan’s Closing Argument on Biden’s Global Economic Agenda
The U.S. national security advisor defended the administration’s approach to allies and adversaries alike.
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A woman next to a table covered in blue cloth. United States flags and other decor are on the table on the left. Can Chinese Americans Help Turn Georgia Blue Again?
Concerns about Beijing’s influence loom large in a state where Asian American voters mobilized in 2020.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a podium with two other officials standing behind him on either side. Canadian flags hang against the wall behind them. Trudeau wears a navy blue suit. Canada Needs Help to Challenge a Rogue India
Washington is turning a blind eye to New Delhi’s illegal actions.
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A view of multiple buildings in Queen Square in London, circa 1910. The United States Owes Its Edge in AI to a London Landmark
Innovation happens through international networks like the one running through Queen Square.
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A man wearing a baby in a carrier holds an umbrella as he walks by a missile system. Other people mill about in the distance. Taiwanese Missile Units Are Giving Away Their Positions to China
Taiwan’s military hasn’t adjusted to the age of open-source intelligence.
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A factory worker stands near car batteries for Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Company in Nanjing, China, on March 12, 2021. How the United States Can Win the Battery Race
To leapfrog China, Washington should shift away from lithium-ion batteries.
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Two people are seen from behind. The Science of AI Is Too Important to Be Left to the Scientists
Concerted international action will require political will.
