List of Society articles
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Soldiers in camouflage gear sit and stand atop an open vehicle Rivals Unite in Myanmar’s Southeast
Neighboring rebel groups seek to avoid the junta’s divide-and-conquer trap and head off future tensions.
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Emmerson Mnangagwa stands flanked on either side with two men in formal military uniforms as he stares straight at the camera. Mnangagwa is a man in his 70s wearing a dark suit along with a green sash and military medals and other honors pinned to his jacket. The Perfect Storm Pushing Zimbabwe Toward Crisis
Simmering tensions and an ambitious president could mean wider unrest.
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An illustration of the Statue of Liberty holding a MAGA flag with clouds in the background. Ideology Is the Key to Understanding Trump’s Foreign Policy
Chaotic actions abroad are driven by deeply held beliefs in the administration.
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Wantalk, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by Chinese tech company Baidu, is seen at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing on Feb. 2, 2024. Can China Catch Up on AI?
“We’re in the sprint mode of a real race for supremacy between the United States and China.”
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of a test flight of the Starship rocket at SpaceX in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2024. Elon Musk Is a Security Risk
The billionaire’s access to sensitive information should have been a giant flashing red light for any administration.
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Israel's Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu smiles as he delivers a speech during the launch of the Likud party election campaign on March 4, 2019 in Ramat Gan, Israel. The World’s Criticism Doesn’t Bother Israel
Voices opposing the war in Gaza are getting louder—but Israelis have no trouble ignoring them.
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Dutch radical right party PVV leader Geert Wilders (C) addresses media ahead of the weekly question session in the Lower House, in The Hague, on June 10. A Disastrous Dutch Government Meets Its Maker
Far-right politician Geert Wilders’s coalition accomplished nothing except scandal.
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This black-and-white photo shows students and faculty milling about near the front entrance of a large building fronted with limestone columns and a wide stone staircase. The man closest to the camera has just stepped onto a pathway leading onto the quad, shaded by a nearby tree. Can the U.S. Be a Great Power Without Harvard?
Trump’s attacks on American universities come as China seeks to dominate higher education.
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Four people stand in a cluster, each wearing a virtual reality headset that covers their eyes. One man has his hand raised to his chin as if in contemplation; another has his arms folded and faces the camera. How the United States Can Win the Global Tech Race
Bans and sanctions aren’t enough to beat China.
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Members of the National Guard patrol the University of California, Berkeley, campus amid protests against the closure of People’s Park in Berkeley, California. The Origins of the Campus Wars
As governor of California, Reagan laid the path for Trump’s assault on higher education.
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An illustration depicts the lead in the TV show Careme, dressed as a chef, putting a Napoleon shaped hat on a tower of desserts. He flicks whipped cream with his other hand and winks. The French TV Show That Turns Souffle Into Statecraft
“Carême” gives an international audience what it wants: rich food, lusty romps, and Napoleon.
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A grid of 12 new fiction book covers on a blue and beige field The Novels We’re Reading in June
Peculiar forms of criminality, as seen from front-line Ukraine and Lagos.
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The first batch of the Ukrainian-made Peklo drone missile is delivered to a Ukrainian Armed Forces facility in Kyiv on Dec. 6, 2024. The Ukrainians’ New Way of War
The audacious drone attack deep into Russia’s rear fits a larger pattern of wartime innovation.
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Displaced Palestinians walk along a road to receive humanitarian aid packages from a U.S.-backed foundation in Rafah, located in the southern Gaza Strip, on June 5. Deadly Aid Chaos in Gaza
Critics say the new aid system in Gaza is designed to displace Palestinians.
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Donald Trump points toward the camera as he stares directly at it. An out-of-focus triangular white shape in the foreground juts a diagonal over the image, cutting through Trump's chest. Can America’s Global Reputation Survive Trump?
Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna is cautiously optimistic.
