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
Anthony Fauci, the veteran scientist who led the United States’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic under both President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, is facing renewed political and legal pressure after
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As the People’s Liberation Army approaches its centenary in 2027, retired senior colonel Zhou Bo says China’s long-term objective is to build a military capable of standing “neck and neck” with the
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On 14 July, at a summit in Orlando, the head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Terrance Cole, declared that Mexico’s cartels and Mexico’s government are ‘one and the same.’ He offered no evidence.
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On July 29, 2026, the US District Court for the Western District of New York (Buffalo, New York), convicted an American national, Hadi Matar, of Lebanese descent on charges of federal terrorism
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As we move toward the end of the Trump era, we need to reckon with the changes his administration has wrought in the American system of government. The most significant is the
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The funeral of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham evolved into more than a national farewell, becoming an extraordinary moment of diplomacy that briefly brought together some of the most consequential figures in global
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The United States has introduced a ban on the import of new humanoid and four-legged robots, citing national security concerns linked to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and supply chain resilience. The measure, announced
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Washington has opened talks with Saudi Arabia to consider nuclear capability for the desert kingdom. The Americans and Saudis insist they are only discussing peaceful nuclear weapons. Don’t believe it. The Saudis
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On 22 July, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed what Washington calls a ‘peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement.’ The agreement has been presented as a commercial arrangement that will help Saudi Arabia diversify
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Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pennsylvania) is leading a United States Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Sri Lanka from July 27 to 30 in a visit that places Colombo firmly within Washington’s broader Indo-Pacific strategy
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