The Compass

An ‘almost revolutionary’ moment for Iran

  • January 15, 2026
  • Robert Coalson

A conversation with Barry Rosen, former US diplomat and hostage in 1979-1981

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Kuwait: a model for a world without work?

  • January 6, 2026
  • Bryn Barnard

What AI may hold for all of us in the future

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Giving and receiving thanks at Peter Pan

  • January 2, 2026
  • Joshua Levkowitz

A Brooklyn institution serves donuts as they should be made.

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Art Deco mania spreads through Paris

  • December 23, 2025
  • Elizabeth Wise

The movement first swept the world a century ago.

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End of US sanctions only a first step for new Syria

  • December 16, 2025
  • Robert Coalson

A conversation with Andrew Tabler

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‘Here begins the Great Game’

  • December 11, 2025
  • Matthew Stevenson

The scars of Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia

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The Kremlin’s spiritual phishing

  • October 31, 2025
  • Andrei Kordochkin

Click on ‘traditional values’ and get kidnapping, torture, murder.

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In Japan, slow but steady progress

  • October 28, 2025
  • Katherine Roth Kono

Becoming the first female prime minister may be a milestone in other countries, for Japanese, her qualifications are more important.

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Defending our ideals in the face of adversity

  • October 14, 2025
  • Suren Avanesyan

Democracy is about our rights.

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Lessons from the post-WWII refugee crisis

  • October 1, 2025
  • Dmitry Kharitonov

Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses her new book about the mass resettlement of displaced Soviets.

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