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Joshua Hammer

Cordula Krämer

Joshua Hammer

Joshua Hammer is a former Newsweek Bureau Chief and Correspondent-at-Large in Africa and the Middle East. His book The Writing on the Wall: A True Tale of Adventure, Rivalry, and the Race to Decipher the World’s Oldest Script will be published in 2025. (March 2024)

Because It’s Still There

Because It’s Still There

The World Beneath Their Feet: Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas

by Scott Ellsworth

October 8, 2020 issue

Exit Mugabe

Exit Mugabe

Two Weeks in November: The Astonishing Untold Story of the Operation That Toppled Mugabe

by Douglas Rogers

November 7, 2019 issue

Can Germany Cope with the Refugees?

Can Germany Cope with the Refugees?

Germany’s Response to the Refugee Situation: Remarkable Leadership or Fait Accompli?

a report by Matthias M. Mayer in Newpolitik, Bertelsmann Foundation, May 2016, available at www.bfna.org

The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe’s Refugee Crisis

by Patrick Kingsley

August 18, 2016 issue

The Nepal Catastrophe

The Nepal Catastrophe

Kathmandu

by Thomas Bell

Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal

by Prashant Jha

May 12, 2016 issue

Betrayal in Burma

Betrayal in Burma

The Rebel of Rangoon: A Tale of Defiance and Deliverance in Burma

by Delphine Schrank

November 5, 2015 issue

The Terrible War for Sri Lanka

The Terrible War for Sri Lanka

No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka

a film by Callum Macrae

Noontide Toll

by Romesh Gunesekera

The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka’s Civil War

by Rohini Mohan

This Divided Island: Stories from the Sri Lankan War

by Samanth Subramanian

March 5, 2015 issue

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