The COP28 climate conference has an F-word problem
Reading Time: 8 minutes Language is everything at the meeting of international working groups, and…
No monsters, no monarchs, only humans
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For most of Western history, we’ve been stumbling toward some semblance of international standards for individual human…
Saudi Arabia surprises no one with its oil plans
Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s the sort of story you couldn’t get past a fiction editor as “realistic”, but which is…
Wartime hostages and armchair analysts
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As the world awaits the Israel-Hamas hostage deal and temporary ceasefire, it bears remembering how complex political…
Argentina and the politics of desperation
Reading Time: 6 minutes On November 19, Argentina elected Javier Milei as its next president, to take office this December. His…
A grim sort of hope: Notes from the fifth US climate assessment
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The fifth US National Climate Assessment offers a few promising notes amid a mountain of grim news…
Disembodied grief, and the challenge of remembrance
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We are awash in a wide, traumatizing range of material evidence and emotional truth. And in the…
Military emissions, climate funds, and a hard road to COP28
Reading Time: 6 minutes This month, the Common Wealth Climate and Community Project released an assessment of US and UK military…
From Oslo to October 7, and beyond
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Peace never really got a chance in the Middle East. Thirty years after the Oslo Accords, we’ve…
Antisemitism for me, but not for thee
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Antisemitic events have been on the rise in the US in recent years, stemming primarily from Christian…
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