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Terror at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Amid allegations that Russia could blow up the plant, a Ukrainian human rights group has documented torture at the facility.
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Ukraine, explained
How I got there and what air raids were like.
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3 Takeaways From a Security Conference in Wartime Kyiv
Last weekend, I attended the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kyiv, which is a gathering of government officials and foreign policy experts focused…
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Russia is Unrecognizable One Year After Putin's Invasion of Ukraine
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Q&A: Josh Chin and Liza Lin on How China Created a 21st Century Surveillance State
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3 Takeaways From a Security Conference in Wartime Kyiv
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Antisemitism is Back in American Politics. Where Will it Lead?
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Russia Has a Bad News Problem
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Q&A: Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian Explains How China Weaponized Its Economy
In a new book, Axios' China reporter details how major U.S. companies have been forced to play by Beijing's illiberal rules -- and what the U.S. could…
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Back-to-school thread
I haven't started school for six years, but in early September it always feels like I am starting a new school year. People start returning my e…
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Q&A: Susan Neiman on Why It's a Mistake to Call the Left 'Woke'
In a new book, the Berlin-based philosopher and writer argues that the intellectual roots of wokeism conflict with ideas that have guided the left for…
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Why Did Prigozhin's Plane Crash Now?
PLUS: Ukraine's independence day
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Prigozhin's Plane Crash Exposes The Dysfunction of the Putin System
Russia has no strategy to win in Ukraine. Can the West come up with one?
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Got summer reading ideas? And some coming attractions...
Thank you for supporting Public Sphere! We’re in the doldrums of summer. In August, I like to take time to read books that I normally wouldn’t h…
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​​​​How Fox News' Alternate Reality Could Propel Trump To Victory
I watched 90 minutes of Fox primetime after the Trump indictments were announced. Here's what I saw.
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