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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine? Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine?

Pro-détente diplomacy is being fiercely opposed by detractors from Washington to Kiev.

Sep 14, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

A Lion in Winter

A Lion in Winter A Lion in Winter

Jürgen Habermas remains an indispensable guide to the unfinished project of democratic consciousness and enlightenment.

Sep 14, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

Missing from an election season dominated by spectacle and confrontation is the serious debate we desperately need to have about nuclear weapons.

Sep 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Letters From the September 26-October 3, 2016, Issue Letters From the September 26-October 3, 2016, Issue

Strength in weekness… Making herstory?… Private pain, public shame… Departure from the norm?… To The Nation, with love…

Sep 8, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers

More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War

More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War

Obama rejects a partnership with Russia against ISIS in Syria and reneges on his own proposals to reduce nuclear dangers while Ukraine’s President Poroshenko reneges on an agreemen...

Sep 7, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

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The Burkini Ban Represents Everything That Is Wrong About France’s Approach to Minorities The Burkini Ban Represents Everything That Is Wrong About France’s Approach to Minorities

The country’s militant secularism treats otherness as a temporary phase on the road to assimilation.

Sep 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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Italy’s Five Star Movement May Be the Heir to Mussolini’s Fascists Italy’s Five Star Movement May Be the Heir to Mussolini’s Fascists

The party harps on the messianic theme of redemption for the betrayed, is allied with Britain’s far-right UKIP, and is controlled with an iron hand by leader Beppe Grillo.

Aug 30, 2016 / Frederika Randall

The Strategic Savvy of Russia’s Growing Anti-Abortion Movement

The Strategic Savvy of Russia’s Growing Anti-Abortion Movement The Strategic Savvy of Russia’s Growing Anti-Abortion Movement

Russia’s anti-abortion activists have found success by using the fear of demographic decline to sway both church and government officials.

Aug 30, 2016 / Ilaria Parogni

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France Has a Strange Concept of Feminism—and Secularism France Has a Strange Concept of Feminism—and Secularism

Local bans on “burkinis” aren’t only wrong—they’re counterproductive.

Aug 25, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me

Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me

I’ve held three passports and claimed many identities, all at once. I am the future of citizenship.

Aug 25, 2016 / Feature / Aminatta Forna

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