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Carol Rose reports from Pakistan in 1992 about the dilemmas facing Afghan refugees after the collapse of their country’s communist rule.
Aug 21
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Compass
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Review: A man of no nation
Andrea Wulf rediscovers the pioneering 18th-century globalist George Forster.
Aug 18
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Anna M. Gielas, PhD
5
The Portuguese colonial holdouts
David Hapgood reports in 1962 about resistance to independence for Guinea-Bissau.
Aug 11
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Compass
5
Review: Who serves whom?
Technology should help humans, a new book argues, not the other way around.
Aug 4
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Anna M. Gielas, PhD
9
2
July 2026
The ping heard round the world
Nixon’s opening to China
Jul 28
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Kalb, Marvin
6
Letter from Amman
Behind an appearance of normality, airstrikes on Jordan are raising questions about its uncomfortable dependence on the US.
Jul 25
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Diana Kruzman
10
1
Encounter in Amazonia
Ann Mische reports from Brazil in 1989 about the roots of the environmental movement.
Jul 23
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Compass
7
1
Operation Hajj
Dick Nolte reports in 1952 about a "turning point” US-Arab relations: a US mission to fly stranded pilgrims to Mecca.
Jul 17
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Compass
8
Living in Cuba
As the economy approaches a breaking point under US sanctions, historic numbers of people are leaving. But some are deciding to stay.
Jul 15
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Anna Heikkinen
9
1
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The return of the German flag
Jill Winder reflects in 2006 on Germans’ complex relationship with their national flag.
Jul 10
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Compass
7
This time without vampires
Cinema and television in Kuwait
Jul 7
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Bryn Barnard
9
1
A French school and the philosophical education of America’s Founding Fathers
The College of St. Omer had an outsized influence on US independence.
Jul 3
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De Lencquesaing
9
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