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The Royal Oui?

A vote for France’s first female president may not deliver the political change the country wants.

One-Man Stan

Saparmurat Niyazov (1940–2006), the nuttiest despot

The Constant Gardener

A visit to the home of the famed Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus [Web-only: "The Swedish Way." A narrated photo essay.]

To Catch a Terrorist

Mark Bowden, author of "Jihadists in Paradise," on hunting down the story of Abu Sabaya.

Streetwise

Whether we ultimately stay or go, we need to fix Iraq's policing problems. An expert explains how.

A Historian For Our Time

Thucydides may have been more trustworthy, but Herodotus would have been more fun to share a wineskin with—and is a far better guide to the present.

A War to Start All Wars

The Middle East looks like Europe circa World War I.

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The Ashtray of History

Map Quest

A journey through Alsace-Lorraine to the town that gave America its name

How to Get a Nuclear Bomb

It wouldn’t be easy. But it wouldn’t be impossible. A reporter travels the world to find the weaknesses a terrorist could exploit

Postcards From Tomorrow Square

Our man in Shanghai samples budget beer, survives subway scrimmages, and starts living the contradictions of China’s breakneck modernization

Coalition of the Waiting

The U.S.-European alliance is not on its last legs— and when Bush goes, it could emerge stronger than ever

Containment Strategy

Iran. North Korea. Uganda? Why the Pentagon ranks Africa’s AIDS crisis as a leading security threat

Election Day 2008

A letter from Florida

Pakistan: Ally or Adversary?

The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about Pakistan and its president, Pervez Musharraf

Iran: A Minority Report

Mapping the rise of discontent

In Hot Water

Midwinter pool hopping in Iceland

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The Travel Advisory

What to see and do in Iceland

Twilight of the Assassins

It was the first act of airline terrorism in the Americas: thirty years ago, seventy-three people died in the bombing of a Cuban passenger plane. Now, one alleged mastermind lives freely in Miami, while another awaits trial on other charges in Texas. With Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez insisting the CIA was behind the bombing, why won’t the Bush administration at last resolve enduring suspicions? A tale of thwarted dreams, frustrated justice, and murder in the sky

Ears Wide Shut

For more than a year, Karen Hughes has been trying to sell George Bush’s America to the Middle East. Here’s why it isn’t working

America and Israel

The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about current and future U.S. support for Israel

Carriers of Conflict

For a preview of future instability and war in the Middle East, watch where Iraqi refugees are going

The Spell of San Miguel

A Mexican hill town’s indolent beauty belies its fiery past

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Miami: The Next Big Start-Up City?

How the city became a center for innovation

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A Brief History of Romantic Comedies

From The Atlantic's Chris Orr

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Life in 'the New Arctic'

A moving portrait of a fading landscape

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The Rise of New York City

A fascinating look at Manhattan in the 1940s

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What Is Methane Hydrate?

"Flaming ice" is a vast natural energy source

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NASA's Time-Lapse of the Sun

Now with epic dubstep music

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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Is He Cheating? A 1950s Guide

'That little blonde secretary from the office?’

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New Yorkers: Vintage Vacuum-Tube Amps

Risking electric shock to restore old amplifiers

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The DIY Piano-Bicycle

Everybody needs a hobby

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What Does It Take to Make Real Craft Gin?

Tour the Green Hat Gin distillery

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Letter From the Editor

The June 2013 issue

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What Straights Can Learn From Same-Sex Couples

New insight from decades of research

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The End of the Mall Rat

A tribute to that pillar of teen culture

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