Takashi Oka on tumult and corruption in 1960s South Vietnam […]
Reflections on the Vietnam War
Lessons from the post-WWII refugee crisis
Sheila Fitzpatrick discusses her new book about the mass resettlement of displaced Soviets.
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An introduction to Brazil’s tangled drug policy
After a series of reforms, can the country’s approach be as good as it looks on paper? […]
Twenty days at sea
Racing to study climate change in the Arctic Ocean. […]
How Russians learned to stop worrying and love President Putin
Gregory Feifer on the Kremlin’s takeover of the main independent television station NTV in 2001. […]
After war with Israel, will Iranians support their regime?
Both nationalism and resistance are surging. Which will endure? […]
Meeting in secret with the African National Congress president
Peter Bird Martin on Albert John Luthuli in 1954. […]
NYT: Shannon Sims on tourists in Trieste
“The Day-Trippers Come for Trieste,” by Shannon Sims (Brazil, 2012-2014), The New York Times, September 2, 2025 […]
ICIJ: David Kenner on spyware firm Intellexa
“‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa resurgent after US sanctions,” by David Kenner (Saudi Arabia, 2019 – 2021), International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, August 12, 2025 […]
A forgotten vision for Middle East peace
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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