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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
October 22, 2024
Facing America’s Social Crisis
The United States is at a turning point in economic policy. What happens next is crucial.
Nicholas Mulder
October 22, 2024
History Is Repeating Itself in Ukraine
Cycles of nationalism have existed for centuries. What do they reveal?
Andreas Wimmer
October 22, 2024
How the Radical Right Remade Nationalism
What happens when the central goal of politics becomes preserving national identity?
Suzanne Schneider
October 22, 2024
The Moment
Why Han Kang’s Nobel Matters
My mother’s generation experienced unspeakable violence. Han found the words for it.
Yung In Chae
October 15, 2024
Chantal Akerman’s Elusive Interiors
What the filmmaker’s portrayal of women reveals—and withholds
Emily LaBarge
September 9, 2024
How Mike Kelley Became Himself
The artist’s search for subcultural America
Jonathan Griffin
September 9, 2024
Is Blasphemy Illiberal?
Salman Rushdie’s thoroughly modern controversies
Len Gutkin
September 9, 2024