The Compass

After war with Israel, will Iranians support their regime?

  • September 9, 2025
  • Barry Rosen

Both nationalism and resistance are surging. Which will endure?

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A forgotten vision for Middle East peace

  • September 3, 2025
  • Daniel Warner

In 1919, the King-Crane Commission on the defunct Ottoman Empire issued a report one historian called ‘one of the great suppressed documents of the peacemaking era.’

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The ‘Switzerland of the Caucasus’

  • August 21, 2025
  • Aron Ouzilevski

A weekend in Dilijan, Armenia.

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Dreams come back to haunt us

  • August 21, 2025
  • Polina Barskova

A new translation reflects how people under authoritarianism process reality.

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‘Prolonging the life of this bizarre case’

  • August 7, 2025
  • Robert Coalson

Persistent echoes of the Scopes ‘monkey trial.'

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Edward R. Murrow, a journalist of a different era

  • August 1, 2025
  • Marvin Kalb

Who will stand up for the truth in our time?

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Going toe to toe with ‘vandals and demagogues’

  • July 23, 2025
  • Robert Coalson

A conversation with Jeffrey Gedmin.

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Mein Kampf 100 years on

  • July 17, 2025
  • Neil Gregor

What is its significance for Germany's resurgent far right?

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Back to Bangdong village

  • July 14, 2025
  • Matthew Chitwood

A post-Covid visit to rural China reveals what it means to be a neighbor.

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Signage from Suriname’s ‘Casablanca’

  • July 10, 2025
  • Joel Millman

The capital’s residents hail from diverse cultures and languages. Could that present an opportunity?

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