The Face of the Syrian Revolution
In today’s newsletter, Jon Lee Anderson reports from Damascus on shocking new evidence about the Syrian police state.…
The Man Behind Trump’s Tariffs Strategy
“I pitch these ideas, and he says, ‘Let’s do it.’ ” Howard Lutnick, the Commerce Secretary, has forged…
NATO’s Existential Moment | The New Yorker
As the NATO summit kicks off in Brussels today, a look at how European leaders are preparing for…
Lillian Fishman on Sexual Politics and Wanting to Grow Up
Your story “Travesty” is told from the point of view of Prima, an undergrad majoring in philosophy at…
A Win for Democracy in South Korea
South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of the country’s President, removing him from office. E. Tammy Kim,…
What Could Happen if the U.S. Abandons Europe
The Trump Administration has completely upended European-American relations, perhaps permanently rupturing the world order as it has existed…
Do Russians Really Support the War in Ukraine?
In the summer and fall of 2023, three researchers from a small Russian collective called the Public Sociology…
Lee Chang-dong on South Korea in the Nineteen-Eighties and Today
In this week’s story, “The Leper,” the narrator discovers that his father has confessed to spying for North…
David Szalay on the Inarticulacy of Experience
Your story for this week, “Plaster” (which is drawn from your forthcoming novel “Flesh”), follows a Hungarian man…
How Trump Could Change the Trajectory of the War in Ukraine
Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to end the war in Ukraine, which, depending on your perspective, began…