America's Two-Front War of Ideas
There’s no consensus on the greatest ideological threat to the United States.
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Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters Why Sweden Brought Back the Draft
Seven years after abolishing mandatory military service, the country is now responding to “the security change in our neighborhood.”
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Antonio Parrinello / Reuters Photos of the Week: 2/25–3/3
Volcanic eruptions in Italy, Carnival celebrations around the world, an annular solar eclipse seen in Argentina, and much more.
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Michael Dalder / Reuters Ranked: Divided Ruling Parties
It’s not just the GOP. Political dominance has a way of sowing discord among those who hold it.
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Wolfgang Rattay / Reuters The Brothers Wilders and African Comic Books: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing
The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
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Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters What Putin Is Up To
And why he may have overplayed his hand
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Achmad Ibrahim / Reuters Saudi Arabia Is Redefining Islam for the World's Largest Muslim Nation
King Salman's historic visit to Indonesia is the culmination of a long campaign for influence.
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Jeffrey Smith 美国：通往独裁之路
[提要] 现在万事俱备，这份攻略可供唐纳德·特朗普引领美国走上反自由主义之路
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Jorge Duenes / Reuters The Rise of Refugee Offshoring
Trump tries out an idea that’s been gaining ground globally.
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NYT Archives The Leak That Helped Push America Into World War I
Published 100 years ago, the Zimmermann Telegram detailed a German proposal to ally with Mexico against the United States.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump and the Generals
The president says he wants to “win.” What does that mean?
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Garry Ridsdale / Smithsonian.com Smithsonian Magazine's 2016 Photo Contest
The editors of Smithsonian magazine have just announced the finalists in their 14th annual photo contest, selected from more than 48,000 entries sent in from 146 countries.
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Win McNamee / Getty The State of Trump's State Department
Anxiety and listless days as a foreign-policy bureaucracy confronts the possibility of radical change
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Library of Congress Holes Punched Through History
In the 1930s, Roy Stryker, head of the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration, used an unusual and destructive technique to “kill” unwanted photos—punch a hole right through the negative.
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Danny Moloshok / Reuters The Muslims Who Aren’t Celebrating Mahershala Ali’s Oscar Win
Why Pakistan’s envoy to the UN deleted a celebratory tweet
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Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP / Getty Carnival 2017 Around the World
Carnival season is under way across Europe and the Americas.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters What Is a Populist?
And is Donald Trump one?
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Nordisk Film A Dark Time in Denmark's History
An Oscar-nominated film explores possible war crimes in the country after World War II.
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Dondi Tawatao / Getty 'Have We Opened the Gates of Hell With Our Images?'
Reporting on the Philippines' drug war
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Ilya Naymushin / Reuters Playtime at the Reichstag and Pick-Up Football in Ukraine: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing
The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
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Safin Hamed / AFP / Getty Photos of the Week: 2/18–2/24
Flooding in California, unrest at town hall meetings across the U.S., the Naked Man Festival in Japan, continued fighting in Iraq and Syria, the end of a long-term protest in North Dakota, horse racing on a frozen Swiss lake, and much more.
