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Sovereignty’s End and Beginning
In Somaliland, the pursuit of statehood has come with a bitter irony.
The Machines Get in the Way
The work of art—and the work of making art—in an age increasingly hostile to it.
Dispatches from the Forever Wars
A special section in our Spring 2026 issue, with writing from Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, and the West Bank.
The War on Gaza Has Not Ended
A hundred days after Trump’s Board of Peace was ratified, nothing has improved here.
A Year of Magical Thinking
Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.
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The War on Iran
The War on Iran: A Conversation
A roundtable on the consequences of U.S. and Israeli aggression, reactions from Iran and the Iranian diaspora, and the future of Iranian struggles for freedom and democracy.
“This administration has, up until now, been extraordinarily successful in making other people pay the price for its mistakes and crimes.”
—Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, “A Year of Magical Thinking”
“Since the ceasefire, Israel has killed more than 817 of us. Children here still play among the ruins, collecting fragments of their shattered lives along with broken bricks.”
—Asem Alnabih, “The War on Gaza Has Not Ended”
“Iranians should obviously not be forced to choose between obliteration by the most powerful foreign militaries in the world and submission to a violent authoritarian state.”
—Manijeh Moradian, “The War on Iran: A Conversation”
“West Bank Palestinians are determined to stay. If they face a new catastrophe, it will not be one of exile.”
—Raja Shehadeh, “Standing at the Gates of Hell”
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