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
There is very little information on CIA Director Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations. One reason for Ratcliffe’s visit was to warn Moscow about
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Accounting firm Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to settle a US Department of Justice probe into its diversity, equity and inclusion practices, resolving an investigation conducted under a federal initiative established during
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The United States is preparing to widen its sanctions campaign against Iran, targeting not only Tehran but the commercial networks that have allowed Iranian oil to keep reaching international markets despite years
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I’ve been all over the world and have seen both its good and sordid countries. One of the best run, most decent and honest nations I’ve seen is Canada. As George Bernard
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President Donald Trump’s decision to order the Department of Defense to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea has unsettled one of Washington’s most important alliances in Asia, while his renewed engagement
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s threat to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Iran risks placing the United States on a collision course with China, Tehran’s main trading partner and the buyer of
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Editorial Washington has moved from threatening an “Economic D-Day” against Iran to putting it into operation. On Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced “Operation Economic Outcast”, an expanded sanctions campaign intended
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The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States, according
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The gravest danger in the present war is not that Iran has already decided to manufacture a nuclear weapon. There is no verified evidence of such a decision. The danger is that
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A trade deal without the people’s voice; an agreement beyond parliamentary scrutiny, democratic accountability, and national debate—raising profound questions about sovereignty, legitimacy, and consent. Trade agreements are not merely commercial instruments. When
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