Calendar
What to watch for in June
Features
How We Would Fight China
The Middle East is just a blip. The American military contest with China in the Pacific will define the twenty-first century. And China will be a more formidable adversary than Russia ever was
Flashbacks: In the 1930s a series of articles by the French author Raoul de Roussy de Sales commented on politics, courtship, and identity in American life
Ziad for the Defense
When Saddam Hussein goes on trial, he will not lack for legal defenders. Heading his team at the moment is a man named Ziad al-Khasawneh
Road Trip: Part II
What would Tocqueville say? A journey continues, from Seattle to San Diego via Alcatraz and an obesity clinic
Being Geraldo
Yes, he knows exactly what he is. But he still can't help it. (And anyway, it's not quite what you think)
The Flirty Dozen
The field testing of Agent Mauve
Agenda
Managing China's Rise
Contending effectively with China's ambitions requires a better understanding of our own
Shanghai Rising
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Truth Extraction
A classic text on interrogating enemy captives offers a counterintuitive lesson on the best way to get information
The Odd Couple
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, old-fashioned Democrats, have the charge—but so far few signs of the ability—to sell their party to America
The Next Plague?
Contagion through history
Democratic Dominoes
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Primary Sources
Grade inflation at Cornell; what the Saudis are teaching Muslims in America; what the UN does better than the United States
Books
Golden State
The Golden West, by Daniel Fuchs; California Rising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown, by Ethan Rarick; The Singapore Grip, by J. G. Farrell; The Survivor, by John F. Harris; Carry Me Back, by Steven Deyle
Kiddie Class Struggle
One mom's breast-milk-curdling tour of lower education's higher end
Strange Butterflies
Recent collections from the photographic fringe
New Fiction
Specimen Days, by Michael Cunningham
A Doomed Young Man
No, he was not Byron. But he certainly tried. A new look at Mikhail Lermontov and his classic work, A Hero of Our Time
A Close Read
Ideas of Heaven, by Joan Silber
After School
The mind-boggling coincidences, boundless energy, and cheerful capaciousness of Jonathan Coe's new novel, The Closed Circle
Pursuits
The Kissinger Transcripts
A selection from recently released material in the National Archives
Flashbacks: Articles by Seymour Hersh, Robert D. Kaplan, and others assess Kissinger's career and legacy.
The Chap on Duty
James Callaghan (1912-2005)
Who's Who
A selective index to this month's issue
Doin' It in the Park: No Gatorade (Excerpt) 
The Visual Clichés of Instagram 
Synthetic Biology 
