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May 10, 2023
Another Side of W.E.B. Du Bois
A conversation with Adom Getachew and Jennifer Pitts about Du Bois’s thinking on imperialism, transnational solidarity, and their recent collection, W.E.B. Du Bois: International Thought.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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April 18, 2023
The Ghosts of the British Empire
In his new book Empireland, Sathnam Sanghera examines how the British Empire’s pieties and fictions persist to this day.
Priya Satia
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April 7, 2023
Preparing for War in the South China Sea
Ahead of massive war games involving US and Filipino troops, the Defense Department announced that it will gain access to four new military sites in the Philippines.
Sarah Lazare
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March 16, 2023
“A Closed, Burnt Huwara”: How Israeli Settlers Launched A Pogrom
With Israeli politicians constantly fanning the rhetorical flames, last month’s violence—and actual arson—didn’t exactly come as a surprise.
Fatima AbdulKarim
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February 6, 2023
The Pope Delivers a Clear Message in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Francis’s visit sought to address violence and corruption in the Central African state. The violent and the corrupt lined up for an audience.
Hugh Kinsella Cunningham and Nicolas Niarchos
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January 31, 2023
The Long, Bitter History of Globalism
A conversation with Tara Zahra about the early-20th-century origins of globalism, how debates over a globalized world have morphed across a century, and her new book, Against the World.
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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November 15, 2022
Kiribati’s Disorder in the Court
The Pacific island nation’s attempted deportation of an Australian-born judge shows how the decolonizing world’s reliance on foreign-born judges threatens nascent democracies.
Pete McKenzie
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October 31, 2022
How a Royal Visit Helped Weaken the Crown’s Grip on the Caribbean
William and Kate’s springtime tour didn’t spark the movement for independence and reparations in the Caribbean, but it did stoke it.
Michela Moscufo
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October 18, 2022
MI5’s War Against British Intellectuals and Artists
The British Security Service’s futile record of harassment and surveillance.
Richard J. Evans
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September 29, 2022
Queen Elizabeth Was No Mere Symbol
But after her death, fury erupted at those who refused to whitewash her legacy.
Kali Holloway