The answer may have less to do with the Trump phenomenon, and more daunting implications, than it seems.
What do we do?
A magazine in real time
Something looks different.
George Mitchell, Marwan Muasher, and Anne-Marie Slaughter discuss American intervention and the prospects for democratic self-governance in the Middle East
Hmmm.
An Atlantic editor and former goalie talks tactics
You know ... if you're into the whole brevity thing
The Season 4 premiere of AMC's hit zombie thriller in comparative context
Saad Mohseni on incidental causes of social change
"I think I should give the reason for my being in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the argument of 'outsiders coming in.'"
"I think I should give the reason for my being in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the argument of 'outsiders coming in.'"
Mona Eltahawy vs. Madeleine Albright on the future of the Arab Spring in the Middle East's most populous country
Dimitar Sasselov and Catharine Conley on life beyond Earth
Mona Eltahawy on social conservatism in Egypt and the U.S.
Discerning zingers from the eminently quotable Husain Haqqani
A decidedly non-negative view from the Kurdish North, via Barham Salih