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August 15, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Obsession Is Getting Way Out of Hand
Donald Trump reportedly begged a Norwegian minister to nominate him for the award.
June 5, 2025
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
Trump Signs Travel Ban Full of Contradictions
There doesn’t seem to be a lot of logic behind why some countries were added to the list.
August 30, 2023
Roger Peet
First They Mined for the Atomic Bomb. Now They’re Mining for E.V.s.
Miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo face few protections in the global rush for metals for the energy transition—as well as a toxic legacy from a previous rush to mine for nuclear weapons.
September 3, 2019
Daphne Merkin
Cold Case Hammarskjöld’s Artful Paranoia
How do you investigate a vast international intrigue in a culture that is overloaded with conspiracy theories?
May 17, 2018
MagazineKevin Baker
Nothing in All Creation Is Hidden
Why America needs truth and reconciliation after Trump
February 26, 2018
MagazineLauren Markham
‘This Route Doesn’t Exist on the Map’
How efforts to block refugees and asylum-seekers from Europe have only made the global migration crisis more complex and harrowing
July 23, 2013
Richard Mosse
Heartbreaking, Stunning Infrared Photography from The Congo
October 29, 2012
Penn Bullock
Stuart Stevens’ Shady Past Clients, Revealed
May 19, 2011
Jeffrey Gettleman
The Horror, The Horror
April 13, 2011
Barak Barfi
Can Africa Really Help Libya Find Peace?
March 28, 2011
Jonathan Cohn
Libya: Should Moral Consistency Matter?
March 21, 2011
James Downie
On Morals and Facts
March 21, 2011
Leon Wieseltier
We Intervene
March 18, 2011
Jonathan Chait
The Libya Question Is Only About Libya
October 27, 2010
Martin Peretz
Obama Thought America Could Do Without Europe. Well, Europe May Think It Can Do Without America.
October 5, 2010
Mvemba Phezo Dizolele
It's Time to Hold Rwanda Accountable for its War Crimes
October 4, 2010
Martin Peretz
“Nowhere Else In The World Has The U.N. Invested So Much And Accomplished So Little:” A Four Day Rape Rampage In The Congo
August 3, 2010
David Rieff
How NGOs Became Pawns in the War on Terrorism
July 12, 2010
David Rieff
First, Do No Harm
April 9, 2010
Jonathan Chait
Why Are We Listening To Newt Gingrich?

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