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November 8, 2024
Malcolm Ferguson
The Nightmare Has Begun: Elon Musk Joined Trump’s Call With Zelenskiy
Why the hell did Elon Musk join Donald Trump’s phone call with the Ukrainian president?
June 25, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Team Trump Has a Ukraine Plan—and It’s a Total Nightmare
Donald Trump’s advisers have a new plan on Ukraine, and it gives Russian President Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.
April 27, 2023
MagazineLidija Haas
An Intimate Portrait of a Village Torn Apart by Politics
Cristian Mungiu’s “R.M.N.” zooms in on the resentments and anxieties roiling Europe.
April 6, 2023
MagazineAdam Kirsch
The Battle Over Bruno Schulz’s Final Works
The Polish Jewish writer was forced to decorate the home of his Nazi captor with fairytale murals. Where does the art belong?
February 1, 2022
MagazineSophie Pinkham
Searching for Freedom After the Cold War
Lea Ypi’s memoir recounts Albania’s troubled transition to democracy.
October 10, 2019
MagazineRachel Riederer
Olga Tokarczuk’s Gripping Eco-Mystery
The Nobel Prize–winning novelist recasts our relationship with the environment.
September 26, 2019
Casey Michel
Rudy Giuliani’s Year of Living Dangerously
The Ukraine scandal that's engulfed the Trump White House is the culmination of the former New York City mayor's Eastern European misadventures.
June 6, 2018
MagazineIoan Grillo
When Democracy Isn’t Enough
Elections and free markets haven’t solved the real problems in Latin America.
November 9, 2011
Jaroslaw Anders
Against Color
February 4, 2011
Mary Elise Sarotte
Is It 1989 All Over Again?
January 16, 2011
Khairi Abaza
Tunisia and the Lessons of the Iranian Revolution
July 1, 2010
Simon Schama
The Patriarch
February 12, 2010
Martin Peretz
Let Europe Mind Its Own Business. It Brings Nothing To The Table Save For Mischief.
January 7, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Manzi Revisionism
January 5, 2010
Jonathan Chait
A Conservative Accidentally Makes The Case For Social Democracy
December 10, 2009
Jonathan Chait
Quick Thoughts On Obama's Speech
November 8, 2009
Martin Peretz
Budapest, The Berlin Wall, and Iran: What Obama Does Not Grasp
September 11, 2009
Isaac Chotiner
Stunning News Out of London
August 7, 2009
Adam Kirsch
A Nation of Commentators
July 10, 2009
John B. Judis
Iran And The Politics Of Pipelines

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