Yasmeen Serhan
She joined the magazine in 2016 as an editorial fellow in Washington, D.C. In 2017, Yasmeen moved to the U.K. to join The Atlantic’s newly established London bureau as a reporter covering British and European politics.
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Ludovic Marin / AFP / Getty The Silent, Vaccinated, Impatient Majority
As patience with the pandemic wanes, leaders in widely vaccinated democracies are deploying a new political strategy.
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Tasos Katopodis / Evaristo SA / Ferenc Isza … January 6 Didn’t Happen Just to America
Around the world, Trump allies are laying the groundwork to sow doubt in the democratic process and, if necessary, subvert elections.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Diplomacy Alone Can’t Save Democracy
Domestic actors, not global summits, drive democratization.
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Tania / Contrasto / Redux; Antonio Masiello / … The World’s Largest Democracy Is Failing
What the attacks against the journalist Rana Ayyub reveal about the state of India’s democracy
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Jan Hetfleisch / Getty The New Pandemic Division Tearing Europe Apart
France and Austria have modeled two very different ways of encouraging people to get vaccinated.
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Evaristo Sa / AFP / Getty The Real Reason Behind Bolsonaro’s Climate Promises
Without proper enforcement mechanisms, nationalist leaders will continue to drive climate change with impunity.
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Andrew Testa / The New York Times / … Can 3.5 Percent Save the Planet?
Environmental movements have shifted public awareness about climate change. How many more people will need to join them for their demands to be met?
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Kiko Sierich / Getty; Eva Marie Uzcategui / … Trump Endorses His Legacy
The former president’s backing of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is really just an endorsement of his own tactics.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Trump Playbook Hits France
By over-indexing on coverage of the far-right pundit Éric Zemmour, the media risk amplifying him.
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Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty The Taliban Is Just as Bad as It Always Was
As international attention subsides, the group is reverting to its old tactics.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Consensus Isn’t Always a Good Thing
Dissent is prevalent in Washington. When it comes to China policy, disagreement might help.
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Morris MacMatzen / Getty How Clinton’s ‘Basket of Deplorables’ Taught Germany a Lesson
Olaf Scholz rooted his campaign in respect—and won.
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Michael Sohn / AP What Germany Says About Far-Right Politics
The Alternative for Germany is expected to fall short of its historic 2017 victory, but that doesn’t mean it has failed.
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Shannon Lin / The Atlantic Why America Scrapped Its Pandemic Travel Bans
The country’s decision wasn’t based on science; it was based on politics.
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Staff Sgt. Victor Mancillal / U.S. Marine Corps … The Women Burning Their Degree Certificates
Some of Afghanistan’s most skilled and educated citizens have been forced to flee, while those who remain can no longer be who they are.
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Alexandre Schneider / Getty; Diptendu Dutta / AFP … The Vaccine-Booster Mistake
Only equitable vaccine distribution, not booster shots, can end the pandemic.
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Shannon Lin / The Atlantic America’s Lie
One family’s bid to escape Afghanistan is emblematic of how the United States is failing to help those who risked their lives to work with Americans.
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Christoph Bangert / laif / Redux The Taliban’s Biggest Threat Isn’t an Armed Group
The generation of Afghans who came of age after the American invasion will not so easily revert to the pre-2001 status quo.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic When the Far Right Picks Fights With a Teen
How Greta Thunberg became the target of a barrage of disinformation and conspiracies.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Far-Right View on Climate Politics
As the world reckons with the grim reality of the climate crisis, right-wing populists are adapting their message.
