The Migrants in the Ancient Forest
In August, 2021, thirty-two Afghans who had fled their country just before the Taliban took over arrived at…
Russia Is Swarming Europe with Young Agents
Illustration by Álvaro Bernis Russian military intelligence is recruiting young people online to carry out arson and other…
How Marco Rubio Went from “Little Marco” to Trump’s Foreign-Policy Enabler
As Secretary of State and also national-security adviser, Rubio is, at least in theory, the most powerful American…
The Lights Are Still On in Venezuela
We spent Christmas Eve driving around Caracas, revisiting familiar places, such as San Agustín del Norte, the neighborhood…
Marco Rubio, Trump’s Foreign-Policy Enabler
For Rubio, taking down the regimes in Venezuela and Cuba has long been seen as a way of…
Denmark Is Sick of Being Bullied by Trump
When the King visited Greenland in April—looking jaunty and at ease while cruising on a fjord with the…
The Making of the First American Pope
The summer had the feel of a soft opening to Leo’s pontificate, in part because many papal events…
Trump’s Assault on the Immigration System
“It was a kidnapping.” Jonathan Blitzer’s reporting on how the Trump Administration declared war on Venezuelan migrants in…
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 Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens
When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites…
Israel’s Zones of Denial | The New Yorker
“What we are doing in Gaza now is a war of devastation: indiscriminate, limitless, cruel and criminal killing…
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…