The Media Embrace the Martyrdom of Afghan Women
Western media’s obsessive focus on the plight of Afghan women conceals a complex history.
Western media’s obsessive focus on the plight of Afghan women conceals a complex history.
General Milley is not the only one to see an increasingly militarized future in the wake of a humiliating loss.
Biden’s State Department struggles to define its force over future events in Afghanistan.
A judge in the UK believes reading the classics of English literature can effectively replace prison terms.
Can the end of a war mean the beginning of peace? That doesn’t seem consistent with the American mindset.
The tenors of the military-industrial establishment appear to be changing their theoretical footwear.
This week’s stories focus on fallout from the media’s reporting on the events in Afghanistan, with a glance at the great Ben & Jerry’s controversy in Israel.
This week, we discover the drama around Biden’s ambitious infrastructure bills, take two oblique glances at Cuba in the news, and explore the ambiguity of political identity in the US.
As political stalemate has become the coveted norm in the US, China’s President Xi Jinping appears to be taking a step that could radically call into question some of the accepted givens of the global economy.
The Puritanical obsession with shaming has again become a public virtue, with Big Data as its ally.
Today, the Cold War is morphing into the Code War.
Cuba’s fate will be determined by the Democrats’ quest for votes in South Florida.
Ever since Pierre de Coubertin launched the modern Olympic Games in 1896, sport and nationalism have gravitated toward each other.
Restoring order in a nation condemned first by France and later by the US to a permanent state of disorder won’t be easy.
Where some experts fear the annoyance of inflation, others fear a crash.
