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In Russia, Western expat bloggers are boosting the Kremlin’s propaganda.
May 12
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Andrei Prudnikow
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Habesha schtick
Ethiopian comedians help carry on an American immigrant tradition.
May 5
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joel millman
8
I’ve lost 62 percent of my life to war
With Lebanon under a new invasion by Israel, its people are calculating the toll from years of conflict.
Apr 9
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Rami Al Amin
16
4
At both center and edge in the Strait of Hormuz
In Oman a decade ago, remembering everyday life at a global chokepoint
Apr 3
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Scott Thos. Erich
9
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The poison behind the killing of Alexei Navalny
The “tree frog toxin” has less to do with amphibians than the Kremlin’s secret assassination program.
Mar 13
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Ilya Kolmanovsky
10
2
The gap in US foreign policy
Should Washington restore the role of international assistance?
Mar 10
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Suren Avanesyan
12
1
When nuclear apocalypse angst was a thing
Seven decades ago, a Hollywood movie helped raise the kind of concern very few feel today.
Mar 3
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Jean-Louis Doublet
10
Could emigres drive Africa’s economic future?
Brain drain is siphoning tens of thousands of professionals a year but some have become the continent’s leading investors.
Feb 24
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joel millman
6
Who your daddy isn’t
Reshaping national identity in Kuwait
Feb 17
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Bryn Barnard
11
3
The loud silence of Syria’s Christians
They will have to choose to be subjects or citizens. Their choice may shape Syria’s future.
Feb 10
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Rami Al Amin
8
1
EU strikes back at US and China on trade
The European Commission’s new South American trade agreement comes more than two decades after negotiations began.
Jan 14
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Marco Zatterin
6
1
Kuwait: a model for a world without work?
What AI may hold for all of us in the future.
Jan 6
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Bryn Barnard
12
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