Editor’s Note: This essay was originally published in The New Yorker two months after 9/11. The tragedy re-engineered the West while imposing a huge cost on the rest of the world. Twenty-five
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Scottish historian Iain MacGregor revisits the first atomic bombing of Hiroshima through the lives of five men whose decisions, experiences and sacrifices shaped one of history’s darkest moments. As the world marks
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Former federal prosecutor Jay Clayton has been sworn in as the United States’ Director of National Intelligence following a divisive Senate confirmation process that centred on his refusal to directly acknowledge President
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