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China’s Silver LiningWhy smoggy skies over Beijing represent the world’s greatest environmental opportunity. By James Fallows. Report The Accidental Foreign PolicyHow an early gaffe and an excruciatingly long primary season helped Barack Obama find a distinctive voice on foreign affairs. By Matthew Yglesias. Primary SourcesEmboldening the enemy; carry more cash; socially green; GPS gets lost. |
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UnforgivenThe rift between a beleaguered prime minister and a grieving novelist mirrors the division confounding Israel. Can the two men overcome the differences that separate them? Can Israel overcome its paralysis to make the hard choice necessary for its survival as a Jewish democracy? [Web only: Video: "Ideals and Ideologies—Israel at Sixty"] By Jeffrey Goldberg. The World In Numbers How to Grow a GangBy deporting record numbers of Latino criminals, the U.S. may make its gang problem worse. By Matthew Quirk. A Smuggler’s StoryMeet Oleg Khintsagov, a small-time hustler in Russia who can get you dried fish, furs, Turkish chandeliers … and weapons-grade uranium. He’s not the only one. By Lawrence Scott Sheets. Oh! Kolkata!Calcutta has been renamed. Now, with investment on the rise, tech companies moving in, and a growing middle class, can it be reborn? [Web only: Slideshow: "The Streets of Kolkata"] By Robert D. Kaplan. First Principles Sins of EmissionKyoto was a sham and a failure—so how has it become a model for future anti-warming efforts? By Clive Crook. |
And The Winner Is...Our secular future. By Alan Wolfe. God’s CountryUsing militias and marketing strategies, Christianity and Islam are competing for believers by promising Nigerians prosperity in this world as well as salvation in the next. A report from the front lines [Web only: Slideshow: "A struggle for souls and survival"] By Eliza Griswold. “The Connection Has Been Reset”China’s Great Firewall is crude, slapdash, and surprisingly easy to breach. Here’s why it’s so effective anyway. By James Fallows. Primary SourcesJudging politicians by their covers; the irrational goalie; looking death in the eye. Poll The End of HistoryThe Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about the prospects for democracy around the world. Poll One Korea?The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about the future of North and South Korea. WaterworldIs Bangladesh going under? By Robert D. Kaplan. |
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Flashbacks
Prophesying Palestine
A look back at Atlantic predictions from the 1920s and '30s about prospects for a Jewish homeland. Introduction by Jeffrey Goldberg.
Interviews
Uranium on the Loose
Lawrence Scott Sheets discusses the lawlessness of the former Soviet republics and the nuclear threat no one talks about. By Timothy Lavin.
Dispatch
A New Era in Pakistan
What the end of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf means for the war on terror. By Joshua Hammer.
Interviews
Penetrating the Great Firewall
James Fallows, author of "The Connection Has Been Reset," explains how he was able to probe the taboo subject of Chinese Internet censorship. By Abigail Cutler.
Interviews
One Nation, Under Gods
Eliza Griswold, author of "God's Country," talks about the forces driving religious conflict in Nigeria and what the rivalry between Christians and Muslims could mean for Africa's most populous country. By Justine Isola.
Flashbacks
Fidel Castro
A collection of Atlantic writings assesses Castro and his legacy. Introduction by Jonas Clark.
Dispatch
A Report From Iraq
Ambushed in Mosul, Bing West visits the last urban redoubt of al Qaeda in Iraq and sees a calmer battlefield—but political troubles ahead. By Bing West.
Flashbacks
Suharto and Indonesia
Atlantic writings from the '50s through the '80s shed light on Suharto and the unique challenges facing Indonesia.
Flashbacks
Balkan Epic
Rebecca West's sweeping story of a region in turmoil. Introduction by Rebecca West.
Dispatch
The NIE in Doubt?
Well-placed sources suggest that Iran may have in fact accelerated its weapons program. By Terrence Henry.
Sentence & Sensibility
I Say Qaddafi, You Say Qadhdhafiy
A look at how The Atlantic navigates the sometimes confusing straits of Arabic transliteration. By Graeme Wood.
Flashbacks
Nuremberg Revisited
A pair of Atlantic articles followed the course of the Nuremberg trials and questioned whether they should be used as a model for future tribunals.
Dispatch
The Next Frontier
The creation of AFRICOM, the U.S. military's new Africa Command, offers the hope of steady, low-key progress in the war on terror. By Robert D. Kaplan.