The Compass

Young Hungarians get first taste of a new era

  • April 13, 2026
  • Elizabeth Wise

In Budapest, the victory party felt like an independence celebration.

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I’ve lost 62 percent of my life to war

  • April 9, 2026
  • Rami Al Amine

With Lebanon under a new invasion by Israel, its people are calculating the toll from years of conflict.

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Revolution redux

  • April 7, 2026
  • Dmitry Bykov

The early Soviet writer Vladimir Zazubrin’s depictions of cruelty and violence have largely been forgotten. It’s time to change that.

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At both center and edge in the Strait of Hormuz

  • April 3, 2026
  • Scott Erich

In Oman a decade ago, remembering everyday life at a global chokepoint

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Ars Poetica

  • March 31, 2026
  • Anna Badkhen

A writer tries to make sense of a violent world.

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New York meets Jollibee

  • March 27, 2026
  • Joshua Levkowitz

A Filipino institution takes on America.

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When chaos is the endgame

  • March 25, 2026
  • Gregory Feifer

On motives for war

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Remembering Isfahan

  • March 20, 2026
  • Bryn Barnard

Photos from Iran

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The poison behind the killing of Alexei Navalny

  • March 18, 2026
  • Ilya Kolmanovsky

The “tree frog toxin” has less to do with amphibians than the Kremlin’s secret assassination program.

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Letter from Kuwait

  • March 10, 2026
  • ICWA

No one here wanted this.

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