The New World (Dis)order
Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a bipolar new world order amid disorder, and shared with few observers, analysts for their views.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nukes?
by Ashutosh Jogalekar: As the saying goes, if you believe only fascists guard borders, then you will ensure that only fascists will guard borders. The same principle applies to scientists
The Enduring Pain of Postcolonial Trauma
Farah Abdessamad at Aeon: In 1952, the 27-year-old Frantz Fanon had just published his first book, Black Skin, White Masks, his controversial and rejected doctoral thesis on the effects of
The Case For Multiparty Democracy
by Jerry Cayford: It’s a book about how our political system fell into this downward spiral—a doom loop of toxic politics. It’s a story that requires thinking big—about the nature
Sea and Earth
‘Swaying between atomic and spiritual disintegration.’ Miri Davidson in Sidecar: The far right wants to decolonize. In France, far-right intellectuals routinely cast Europe as indigenous victim of an ‘immigrant colonization’
Gaza and the Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
Rashid Khalidi in The Guardian: For people everywhere, myself included, the awful images that have come out of Gaza and Israel since 7 October 2023 have been inescapable. This war hangs over us
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The Fire-Breather Tucker Carlson and His Alma Mater St. George’s
By Jack Sullivan at Air Mail: Like all speakers of truth, Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson has, at times, faced ridicule. Mostly the derision has been hurled by his enemies, but
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Governing the Ungovernable
Jess Bidgood at The New York Times: When members of Congress return to Washington from their home districts, they often trudge to Capitol Hill for a tally known as a
What’s Inside the President’s Nuclear Football
Annie Jacobsen at Time: Nuclear threats have reemerged on the world stage. Frequently, Vladimir Putin warns the West that Russia is ready for nuclear war. “Weapons exits in order to
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‘Our Rule of Law is Under Attack From Our Own Government, But the World Does Not See This’
Mike Herd, Investigations Editor, The Conversation: Here’s a story about an authoritarian leader of a global power who wants to bend the country in his image. He follows the populist
Meeting The QAnon Shaman
Frederick Kaufman at Harper’s Magazine: Jacob Angeli-Chansley, the man the media has dubbed the QAnon Shaman, had been released from federal custody six weeks before when we met for lunch
Is it Time to End Arms Sales to Israel?
Today’s Big Question from The Week: America’s longtime military support for Israel is suddenly in doubt. The U.S. has sent tens of thousands of weapons following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.