Essay
List of Essay articles
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A destroyed building in Ukraine Ukraine’s War Has Already Changed the World’s Economy
Global economics will never be the same—but not in the ways you might think.
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Ukraine-Russia-Roundup The Intellectual Catastrophe of Vladimir Putin
The meaning of Russia’s war in Ukraine is its own national weakness.
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A climate change protester in New York The Way We Talk About Climate Change Is Wrong
The language of “sacrifice” reveals we’re stuck in a colonial mindset.
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Mario Mario Draghi speaks at a press conference in Frankfurt. Mario Draghi Doesn’t Have ‘Whatever It Takes’ Anymore
Whether as Italy’s prime minister or its president, he may not have the solution to Italy’s problems.
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Damage is seen in Turkey’s Mugla province. What if Democracy and Climate Mitigation Are Incompatible?
Elected officials work through compromise, but a warming planet waits for no one.
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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech after a visit to a factory of manufacturer Valeo in Etaples, near Le Touquet, northern France on May 26, 2020 as part of the launch of a plan to rescue the French car industry. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) The Real Philosophy of Emmanuel Macron
The key to reconciling the French president’s many political contradictions is his widely misunderstood philosophical mentor.
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An illustration of people's fist replacing columns in building representing people's democracy. More Power to More People
To protect democracy, we have to first figure out why it’s worth saving.
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Koko the gorilla with trainer Penny Patterson Nature Is Becoming a Person
How to make sense of the new global trend that grants legal rights to animals, plants, and rivers.
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climate-change-storytelling-foreign-policy-illustration The Tragedy of Stopping Climate Change
The race is on to tell—or sell—the right story about global warming.
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us-navy-china-Timo-Lenzen-illustration-hp Float, Move, and Fight
How the U.S. Navy lost the shipbuilding race.
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us-navy-china-great-power-Hendrix_hp Sea Power Makes Great Powers
History reveals a country’s rise and decline are directly related to the heft of its navy. So why is the United States intent on downsizing?
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A military transport plane takes off in Kabul. The Falling Man of Kabul
Zaki Anwari represented what a free Afghanistan could achieve. His gruesome death is a vivid reminder of the human toll of U.S. abandonment.
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A group of orphaned Afghan girls ‘Support Is Not Just About Money’
A U.S. veteran of Afghan heritage reflects on a complicated relationship between two far-apart nations.
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A soldier holds a European Union flag Exactly How Helpless Is Europe?
If the United States stops protecting its closest allies, it won’t be a catastrophe. It’ll be exactly what they needed.
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biden-100-days-fdr-lincoln-obama_Illustration-KLAWE-RZECZYn-hp The Most Vital 100 Days Since FDR
Just like Roosevelt, Biden must show that government still works.
