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China Climbs the Ladder

James Fallows and Megan McArdle discuss the current industrial moment in China and the folly of the term "currency manipulators"

The Last Ace

As American air superiority declines, and the age of fighter jocks returns, we're going to need more men like Cesar Rodriguez.
[Web only: Video: "The View from the Cockpit"]

The Velvet Reformation

Can Rowan Williams save the Anglican Church from itself?

Sayonara, Prada

Why Japan’s young consumers are turning away from luxury goods

Musical Chairs

Michael Pettis is a finance pundit by day, a Beijing rock impresario by (very late) night.

The African in Him

Archbishop Desmond Tutu reflects on terrorism, torture, and what the first African American president might mean for Africa.

Security Blanket

Afghanistan’s most venerable relic faces its greatest challenge.

Found in Translation

The Basques reclaim their cultural identity, one word at a time.

Strange Paradise

Panama has pristine jungles, a nascent ecotourism industry—and the dark allure of a Graham Greene novel.
[Web only: Slideshow: "Panama’s Brooding History"]

Small World

Market crashes are inevitable, but financial innovation and globalization have massively increased our vulnerability to them. Unless we make big regulatory changes—changes on a global scale—we should prepare for more years like this one.

“Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money”

An interview with America's Chinese banker

Iceland’s Meltdown

Map: A visual guide to economic calamity

Getting Away With Murder?

Why Rafiq al-Hariri's assassins may never be caught [Web only: Slideshow: "Fear and Loathing in Beirut"]

Spooked

The spies who loved me

Caveat Donor

A street brawl in India brings down a global kidney-transplant ring.

The Ottoman Mystique

In Turkey, there are dancers, and there are dancers. [Web only: Slideshow: "Turkish Surprise"]

Quick Study

Elitist endowments; borrowing blind

Their Own Worst Enemy

China is stunningly bad at managing its own reputation. Here's why.

Sea Change

The arctic's radically changing geography [Web only: Video: "The American Arctic"]

The Things He Carried

Adventures in airport security

Sunstroked

Why France’s religious strife melts away in Marseille

Turkish Bath

A new dam could submerge one of the world’s richest historical sites. [Web only: Slideshow: "Drowning Hasankeyf"]

The Gangster In My Tub

The author finds himself in hot water at a Japanese onsen. [Web only: Slideshow: "Eternal Spring"]

Quick Study

Ghetto tax; Taliban talking points; biblical trauma

The Wars of John McCain

Is there any war McCain thinks can’t be won?

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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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'I Thought It Was Really Funny, but No One Else Did'

A day with New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator

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New Yorkers: The Winemaker

Make your own wine ... in New York City

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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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A Video Letter From the Editor

Highlights from the May 2013 issue

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Shaken Not Tuned: Cocktail Experiments

Can a tuning fork improve a cocktail?

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The Rise of Environmentalism

Tracking 50 years, from the Love Canal disaster to Greenpeace

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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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