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Seizing Kashmir
For decades India has refused to acknowledge Kashmiri demands for self-determination. Now Modi has a new strategy—a settler project.
Beneath the Razor Wire
Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s new film exposes the violent contradictions at the heart of EU border policy.
When Courts Matter
The courts have become a flashpoint in the United States and Israel—but for very different reasons.
Progressives and a New Global Order
The daunting task of Ukrainian reconstruction demands new frameworks for humanitarian assistance and development.
How to Avert Climate Catastrophe
Acknowledging the immediacy of global warming does not mean succumbing to despair.
Human Rights and Their Discontents
Advocacy of human rights has a long history on the left, but does it have a future?
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