List of Society articles
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Doves are released into the air during a memorial ceremony at the Peace Park in Nagasaki. Japan’s Peace Movement Braces for an Age of Nuclear Proliferation
Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are slowly fading.
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Government officials carry Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah. The Political Giant the West Forgot
Kwame Nkrumah’s life demonstrates that the end of colonial rule in Africa is central to modern history.
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About two dozen people mill about a public square. Some sit on the paved ground while others perch on a low wall with a mural of cherry blossom branches. Only two women are present, roughly at center, each wearing a dark blue burqa and carrying a child. The ICC’s Arrest Warrants Against Taliban Leaders Are Historic
The top court’s decision sets a clear precedent that persecuting LGBTQ people is a crime against humanity.
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A man with dark hair in glasses and a coat. The Dreamers and Cynics of the New Turkey
A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.
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Two men in camouflage military fatigues face away from the camera as they perch on a heavily armored military truck with missiles stocked on its partly lifted bed. The truck is parked in front of a red-white-and-blue striped corrugated metal building with an advertisement poster showing a woman with angel wings holding up a canned drink. Thai-Cambodia Cease-Fire Is Dangerously Weak on the Ground
Both sides are building up further firepower along the border.
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Three people stand together in front of microphone, smiling. The Making of Mamdani
A close reading of a new book by New York politician Zohran Mamdani’s father reveals a generational yearning for community and inclusion.
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Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, speaks during a news conference in Taipei. Leashing Chinese AI Needs Smart Chip Controls
Firms don’t want Huawei’s domestically produced alternatives—but might have no choice.
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Students and supporters shout slogans during a March for Unity organized by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Dec. 31, 2024. Bangladesh’s Democratic Aspirations Remain Just That
One year after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, the country can’t seem to move past its revenge-driven culture of politics.
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Photos of two men speaking each shown as a negative color inside a red and blue circle. Kissinger, Brzezinski, and the Promise of Realism
A cynical realism resonates today, but there is a model for fusing power and values.
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Two people are silhouetted in a shaft of light as they sit in chairs in a cafe. The Most Successful CIA Operation You’ve Never Heard of
How the agency’s program to circulate banned books helped take down the Iron Curtain.
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A large column looms over a small person standing atop a large field of rubble holding up a phone to take a photo. Life Returns to Palmyra
After more than a decade of exile, locals are finally coming home.
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A grid of book covers for 11 summer fiction releases. The Novels We’re Reading in August
The dog days of summer, from an 18th-century English village to modern-day Tbilisi.
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Tuggar, wearing a suit and green tie, walks into a room. Nigeria’s Refusal to Cave to Trump Signals a Shift in U.S.-Africa Relations
Abuja’s rejection of Washington’s third-country deportations should be a wake-up call.
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An Iranian bus drops off Afghan refugees at the Islam Qala border crossing in Afghanistan's Herat province. Iran’s Mass Deportations Are Fueling Regional Instability
Refugees returning to Afghanistan face economic hardship and uncertain futures.
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An illustration shows Xi Jinping sitting at a table covered with a red cloth. He cuts a plate and dumpling in half with giant scissors. Other fractured plates and chopsticks litter the table around him. Xi Jinping’s War on Dinner Is Hurting China’s Economy
An anti-corruption campaign is chilling consumption.
