World Powers Betray Kurds as Syria’s Political Future Takes Shape
With the overthrow of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the Sunni Arab militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has seized control…
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Public Anger Mounts Following Mozambique’s Contested Election
Mozambique’s ruling party, Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO), prevailed in a disputed election last year, extending its 49-year grip on power…
Aren’t We All Immigrants In God’s Eyes?
No nation has more immigrants than America. As foreign students and scholars at Harvard and other academic institutions learn that…
MAGA’s ideological export to Romania failed. What now?
The historic victory of Romania’s president-elect, the pro-European centrist Nicușor Dan, shows the limits of the MAGA (Make America Great…
Bubblelicious — How Our Media Spheres Trap Us In Separate Realities
It was the fall of 2024. The leaves were doing their autumn thing — burnished reds, crisp yellows — perfect…
Trump Dreams of Minerals — in Ukraine and Greenland
The clean energy transition that the Biden administration touted as the focus of its industrial policy required large amounts of…
The West Gambles Without Assurances
A recent massacre at Latakia by pro-Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) security forces and militia, which left at least 1,300 dead,…
America Crosses Into Competitive Authoritarian Rule Under Trump
In the March/April issue of Foreign Affairs, political scientists Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way argued that during the early months…
Why Donald Trump Targets Harvard, and Why That Matters
Why Donald Trump Targets Harvard, and Why That Matters Fair Observer,…
Trump Is Right to Target Colleges. He’s Doing It the Completely Wrong Way.
The credibility of elite universities has fallen far, and not without reason. For decades, admissions offices singled out Asian-American applicants…