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A Lost Future for the Middle East
Religious pluralism was a possibility after the Ottoman Empire. European colonialism changed that.
Ussama Makdisi
How the Radical Right Remade Nationalism
What happens when the central goal of politics becomes preserving national identity?
Suzanne Schneider
The Moment
Why Han Kang’s Nobel Matters
My mother’s generation experienced unspeakable violence. Han found the words for it.
Yung In Chae
History Is Repeating Itself in Ukraine
Cycles of nationalism have existed for centuries. What do they reveal?
Andreas Wimmer
Facing America’s Social Crisis
The United States is at a turning point in economic policy. What happens next is crucial.
Nicholas Mulder
When the preservation of a particular form of national identity and tradition becomes the central goal of politics, the principles of liberal democracy can quickly become impediments.
Suzanne Schneider How the Radical Right Remade Nationalism
The Yale Review’s Political Archive
What six historical pieces reveal about American democracy today
James Surowiecki
National Book Award Finalists
Chantal Akerman’s Elusive Interiors
What the filmmaker’s portrayal of women reveals—and withholds
Emily LaBarge
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