International

A Failure of Imagination

The French left has not only abandoned its traditional constituents, it has also been unable to defend a positive vision of the multicultural society that France has become.

April 21, 2022 issue

Fintan O’Toole

The Last of Her Kind

Angela Merkel emerged from the ruins of the Eastern bloc as a spectacular example of the way the collapse of an old regime might create a much more benign sense of opportunity.

April 7, 2022 issue

Fred Kaplan

‘A Bridge Too Far’

Even the most ardent advocates of NATO expansion after the implosion of the USSR realized that it had limits—and one of those limits was Ukraine.

April 7, 2022 issue

Odd Arne Westad

The Long Shadow of Nuclear War

Putin has issued a stark reminder that the architecture of the atomic arms race was never dismantled. But his cold-war superpower gambit won’t win the war in Ukraine.

March 18, 2022

Howard W. French

Slavery, Empire, Memory

For nearly two centuries Britain has attempted to minimize the importance of slavery to its economic prosperity.

April 7, 2022 issue

Benjamin Nathans

Bureaucrat’s Honor

Three memoirs by Trump administration officials reveal the integrity and moral discipline of the so-called deep state in the face of corruption and philistinism.

April 21, 2022 issue

Antonia Hitchens

Among Ukraine’s Foreign Fighters

The spectacle of popular resistance to the Russian invasion has drawn thousands of volunteers to the international legion. But who are they, and what motivates them?

March 26, 2022

Olesya Khromeychuk and Sonya Bilocerkowycz

The Nation Ukraine Has Become

The reason resistance to the Russian invasion is so strong is that the country’s people already chose a new, decisively democratic identity.

March 25, 2022

On Ukraine

Timothy Snyder

Putin’s Philosopher of Russian Fascism

Ivan Ilyin provided a metaphysical and moral justification for political totalitarianism, which he expressed in practical outlines for a fascist state. Today, his ideas have been revived and celebrated by Vladimir Putin.

March 16, 2018

Tim Judah

Holding On in Irpin

For the moment, the Ukrainians are winning by simply not losing.

April 7, 2022 issue

Fintan O’Toole

The Last of Her Kind

Angela Merkel emerged from the ruins of the Eastern bloc as a spectacular example of the way the collapse of an old regime might create a much more benign sense of opportunity.

April 7, 2022 issue

Fred Kaplan

‘A Bridge Too Far’

Even the most ardent advocates of NATO expansion after the implosion of the USSR realized that it had limits—and one of those limits was Ukraine.

April 7, 2022 issue

Jacob Heilbrunn

The Hawks Ascending

Russia’s war on Ukraine has opened up a new front in Washington’s foreign policy elite, mobilizing veterans of the cold war and Iraq. Especially on the right, a fierce fight is in prospect.

March 14, 2022

Tim Judah

Ukraine on the Brink

It is quite normal to refuse to believe that you are about to be engulfed by a cataclysm.

March 24, 2022 issue

Antonia Hitchens

Among Ukraine’s Foreign Fighters

The spectacle of popular resistance to the Russian invasion has drawn thousands of volunteers to the international legion. But who are they, and what motivates them?

March 26, 2022

Olesya Khromeychuk and Sonya Bilocerkowycz

The Nation Ukraine Has Become

The reason resistance to the Russian invasion is so strong is that the country’s people already chose a new, decisively democratic identity.

March 25, 2022

The Latest

Sophie Pinkham

Trade Exceptions

In Brittney Griner, the Putin administration may have found the perfect hostage to leverage into a high-profile prisoner swap.

August 14, 2022

Lola Seaton

‘Hope You’re Staying Cool’

The July heatwave that brought chaos to London has changed the way Brits see the sun.

July 31, 2022

Antonia Hitchens

‘Who Should Die for Me?’

In Estonia, the threat of Russian invasion and memories of Soviet occupation have led thousands to volunteer for their national defense.

July 29, 2022

Ian Johnson

Hong Kong from the Inside

Four books about Hong Kong show how the city’s once-thriving culture of political engagement has been obliterated under Chinese control, though it may still retain its position as a global financial capital.

August 18, 2022 issue

Vicente L. Rafael

The Return of the Marcoses

The level of support in the Philippines for Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. cannot be explained by social media disinformation or sheer coercion alone.

July 21, 2022