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China’s Economy Is Powerful, But Deeply Vulnerable
Shutterstock This article is the third part in a series on China as a global power. Part One: Is China an Imperial Power in the Image of the West? Part Two: Capitalism With Chinese Characteristics...
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What will become of Afghanistan after the U.S. withdraws its forces by September 11? The U.S. government appears to be resigned to a Taliban takeover, and hopes only for a kinder, gentler version of...
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Her job had been going well, the woman told me. But her married boss started making sexual advances, which she rebuffed. Then he gave her a gift — a clock. She put it in her bedroom, but the light...
View ArticleThe Global Right Wing’s Bizarre Obsession with Pedophilia
Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán loves a good enemy. He has lashed out against Eurocrats in Brussels. He has cynically demonized immigrants to boost his political standing at home. But now...
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Gender justice advocates have been waiting for far too long for trade justice. Women’s rights organizations have been pointing this out for at least two decades, during a wave of activism around...
View ArticleFor Afghan Women, the Frightening Return of ‘Vice and Virtue’
There is no better symbol for the disappearance of women’s rights in Afghanistan than the end of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the return of the Ministry for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention...
View Article‘Now Is the Time to Be Angry’: Afghanistan’s Progressive Past and Dark Present
I know, I know. It’s the last thing you want to hear about. Twenty years of American carnage in Afghanistan was plenty for you, I’m sure, and there are so many other things to worry about in an America...
View ArticleRussia Is from Mars, Ukraine Is from Venus
Vladimir Putin is a man’s man, or that’s how he likes to portray himself. The Internet is full of pictures of him without a shirt. He shoots animals, rides horses, camps on the taiga, and spars with...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia’s LIV Golf League Is ‘Sportswashing’ At Its Worst
Saudi Arabia — in the news for cutting oil production and pushing up the price of gas — is also making headlines for perhaps a more unusual reason: golf. After a rollout last year hobbled by...
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Why I Crashed the White House’s Garden Party for Narendra Modi
On June 22, the White House held a “welcoming ceremony” for visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the South Lawn of the White House, where members of the public could register to attend. I...
View ArticleTransgender Rights in Nepal Has Entered a Hyper-Medicalized Era
As an LGBT+ rights activist and leader of the Federation of Sexual and Gender Minorities-Nepal, one of my jobs is to witness medical abuses as I accompany transgender people trying to be legally...
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