As the 2014 winter games kick off, this is what you should be reading.
As the 2014 winter games kick off, this is what you should be reading.
Need some reading for the weekend? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
This is Danny Pearl’s Final Story The Washingtonian By Asra Q. Nomani In 2002, Asra Nomani’s close friend and colleague Danny Pearl was kidnapped and brutally murdered at the hands of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks. In this deeply moving piece, Nomani describes her encounter with her friend’s murderer at Guantanamo Bay in 2012 […]
Our favorite long reads and blog posts from the past week.
Our favorite long reads and blog posts from the past week.
Our favorite long reads from around the web and blog posts from the past week.
The Leading Global Thinkers of 2013 Foreign Policy Foreign Policy compiles and analyzes this year’s 100 most influential thinkers, organizing them into easy-to-understand categories in a visually delightful must-read. Was Hillary Clinton a Good Secretary of State? By Susan B. Glasser Politico Magazine Hillary Clinton has variously been lauded as the most consequential Secretary of State […]
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s Liberator as Prisoner and President, Dies at 95 Bill Keller New York Times Nelson Mandela died yesterday Thursday, December 5 at the age of 95 in his Johannesburg home. In this thorough obituary Bill Keller traces the life of one of the world’s most remarkable and influential political figures of the […]
Atlanticism in Retreat By A. Wess Mitchell and Jan Havranek The American Interest Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, the special relationship that tied the United States to the states of Central and Eastern Europe is rotting. Mitchell and Havranek describe the emergence of a new Middle Zone, but argue that the United […]
Need some reading for the weekend? Check out our five favorite long reads and five blog posts.
Our favorite longform reads and blog posts from the past week.
Ring of Fire: Why Our Military’s Toxic Burn Pits Are Making Soldiers Sick By Katie Drummond The Verge In this week’s most disturbing and comprehensive exposé, Katie Drummond reveals the alarming extent of the U.S. military’s pollution problem and its devastating effects on soldiers and their families. The Snowden Leaks and the Public By Alan […]