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A commuter walks along the Thames Path in view of the City of London square mile financial district in London
Business & Economy

What Will Happen to Cities in 2021?

The post-pandemic world approaches. According to some projections, up to half of all Americans could be vaccinated by June, and another 30 percent…

Derek Thompson 17 December , 2020
A female student demonstrates against censorship at Tehran university, after reformist newspapers were closed down
Politics

Iran’s Silencing Strategy

Iranian dissident Ruhallah Zam – a journalist exiled in Paris – was kidnapped and assassinated by the Iranian regime earlier this month. Zam is known…

Hanin Ghaddar 17 December , 2020
Protesters attend a rally in Hong Kong on December 22, 2019 to show support for the Uighur minority in China. (Getty)
Politics

Biden Must Stand Up to China on Human Rights

Raise human rights in meetings with senior Chinese government officials. Speak publicly and clearly about abuses instead of only to diplomats behind…

Sophie Richardson 11 December , 2020
U.S. Army soldiers retrieve their bags after they returned home from a 9-month deployment to Afghanistan
Politics

There Is Only One Way Out of Afghanistan

For more than a decade, every debate about U.S. policy in Afghanistan has focused narrowly on the number of troops to send or withdraw. U.S…

Barnett R. Rubin 11 December , 2020
San Francisco Orange Sky during Fire Season
Business & Economy

Photography Has Gotten Climate Change Wrong from the Start

I knew something was wrong the minute I woke up. OnSeptember 9, the sky was still dark at7:15 a.m.Eventually it revealed a deep-orange light, darker…

Kim Beil 11 December , 2020
Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh walks during an official military welcome ceremony
Politics

Djibouti, the "Guardian Eye" of Bab al-Mandab

Despite a population of just over a millioninhabitants and an area of 23,000 square kilometres, Djibouti, situated on the Bab al-Mandab Strait, one…

Ahmed Madbouly 11 December , 2020
The Fraught Politics Facing Biden’s Foreign Policy
Politics

The Fraught Politics Facing Biden’s Foreign Policy

For 18 months,Joe Bidenwas able to contrast his foreign policy with Donald Trump’s by painting in broad brushstrokes. He was in favour of alliances;…

Thomas Wright 04 December , 2020
France Is About to Become Less Free
Politics

France Is About to Become Less Free

Thebeheadingof the middle-school teacherSamuel PatyonOctober 16by a young man enraged by Paty’s showing his class caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad…

Mira Kamdar 04 December , 2020
Why Political Leaders Are Never to Blame
Politics

Why Political Leaders Are Never to Blame

At first glance,Margaret ThatcherandBarack Obamashare little in common, whether in their politics or their legacies. Thatcher remains a figure of…

Tom McTague 04 December , 2020
America Failed at COVID-19, but the Economy’s Okay. Why?
Business & Economy

America Failed at COVID-19, but the Economy’s Okay. Why?

Here is a remarkable, underappreciated fact: TheU.S.economy has performed far better than that of many of the country’s peers during this horrible…

Annie Lowrey 04 December , 2020
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, Syria, December 22, 2024.
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Politics

Ahmed Sharaa on Syria's 'zero-problems' strategy

26 August 2025

Syria's president says the Abraham Accords aren't the right fit for Damascus. Instead, he hopes to reinstate the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel or something similar

Ibrahim Hamidi
People mourn for Palestinian journalists Moaz Abu Taha and Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, who were killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in Gaza on August 25, 2025, along with 15 others. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

'Genocide didn't unfold in Gaza; it was the intent all along'

25 August 2025

A new book by Lebanese jurist Mazen Shindab provides an invaluable legal resource on the genocide in Gaza, laying bare the flaws of international law and the moral imperative to hold Israel to account

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, his Japanese counterpart Kazuo Ueda, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, at Jackson Hole in Moran on August 22, 2025. AFP
Business & Economy

Jackson Hole gave hints of the future, but not of certainty

26 August 2025

Top global monetary policy makers grapple with political pressure and fragile labour markets while investors bet on lower borrowing costs, with the next five weeks key for a range of assets

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Sara Padovan
Politics

Are land grabs becoming the norm in today's world?

25 August 2025

Trump's willingness to cede Ukrainian land to Russia will have global repercussions, but the acceptance of land seizures actually goes back decades, with Israel being a serial offender

Christopher Phillips
A view taken on March 5, 2009, in Paris shows skeletons, part of the Department of Anthropology at the Musée de l'Homme (The Museum of Man) in Paris. PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

'The Bread of the French': a poetic indictment of French racism

27 August 2025

Xavier Le Clerc's novel doesn't merely unmask France's ugly colonial past; it warns of the present's ability to reproduce it

Samir Qasimi

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