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A Reading Resolution You Can Keep

January 2, 2026

A tiny person looking at a huge book

The World Has Laws About Land and Sea, but Not About Ice

December 26, 2025

a man looks out the window at sea ice

The Longest Suicide Note in American History

December 16, 2025

A color photograph of a White House door at night, seen behind a hedge and between two columns.

The Return of MAGA’s Favorite Forbidden Book

December 11, 2025

Shadowy hands reach for a book with a map of Europe on its cover

A Strategy That Ignores the Real Threats

December 8, 2025

Photograph of two figures (left, Pete Hegseth) seen from behind, looking up at a fighter jet formation flying in a blue sky

Trump’s Security Strategy Is Incoherent Babble

December 5, 2025

Photograph of an American flag flying above the White House

The New German War Machine

Isaac Stanley-Becker

January 2026 Issue

photo of fighter jet with German markings on concrete pad, behind a tree, with long building behind and stormy gray skies

Peace Through Bungling

November 27, 2025

An apartment with debris lying around and the windows blown out

So, DOGE, What Would You Say You Did Here?

Alexandra Petri

November 24, 2025

A box with DOGE written on it, with a chainsaw inside

Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future

November 23, 2025

a group of people are silhouetted by the light at the entrance of a pavilion at COP30 in Brasil

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War

November 22, 2025

A power outage in Kyiv

Political Parties Have Disconnected From the Public

November 19, 2025

An image of a red carpeted floor covered in red, white, and blue confetti and balloons.

The Perks of Morbid Curiosity

Coltan Scrivner

October 28, 2025

An image of a house decorated for Halloween with a skeleton and black cat in front of it.

National Security

Europe Is Answering Putin’s Challenge

October 17, 2025

Fighter jets flying in formation over Belgium.

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

November 2025 Issue

Black-and-white drawing of the Statue of Liberty's hand holding an extinguished torch with smoke rising from it.

The Moral Foundation of America

November 2025 Issue

illustration in style of an engraving of a tree branch with a lit lantern hanging from it, beaming out light

National Security

The U.S. Is Quietly Pausing Some Arms Sales to Europe

September 19, 2025

An image of a German soldier standing on top of a truck while he and others unload a US made Patriot missile.

Understanding Zionism

September 16, 2025

Collage with photos of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, Theodor Herzl, and a map of the Middle East

The Beginning of the End of NATO

September 10, 2025

A group of Polish soldiers hold a NATO flag at a training in Orzysz, Poland, in July 2022.

Russia’s Reckless Provocation

September 10, 2025

Vladimir Putin sitting in front of three Russian flags

Russia Is Losing the War—Just Not to Ukraine

September 10, 2025

A graphic illustration of a Russian missile making an infinity sign with its rocket-tail smoke.

The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler

September 3, 2025

Photo of Adolf Hitler watching the American flag being carried past him as a crowd does the Nazi salute

The Arrest That Demonstrates Europe’s Free-Speech Problem

September 2, 2025

Photograph of three European police officers in neon jackets taken from behind

What Trump Doesn’t Understand About ‘America First’

August 21, 2025

An illustration of a cowboy on horseback, against a blue background, using the EU flag stars as a lasso.

Europe’s Free-Speech Problem

Conor Friedersdorf

August 19, 2025

Graphic illustration of a finger shushing the circle of stars on the European Union’s flag, over a blue background.

Photos: Wildfires Rage Across Southern Europe

August 14, 2025

Two people stand in front of a large oncoming wildfire.

Trump Is a Degrowther

August 9, 2025

Illustration of a sinking paper boat folded from a $100 bill

National Security

The Pentagon’s Policy Guy Is All In on China

Nancy A. Youssef, Jonathan Lemire, and Missy Ryan

July 28, 2025

Illustration of Elbridge Colby in an office building with blurred, orange tinted overhead lights

Photos: Building a Medieval Castle in the 21st Century

July 26, 2025

An aerial view of a small medieval-style castle in a wooded area

Putin Needs to Believe He Can’t Win

July 15, 2025

Trump and J.D. Vance meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the White House

Notes From an Israeli Pacifist

July 14, 2025

A collage with photos of Guy Ben-Aharon looking in opposite directions

Is America Really Exceptional?

July 11, 2025

A U.S. flag with a telescope looking into a field of real stars in the blue upper square.

The U.S. Is Switching Sides

July 4, 2025

Photo-illustration of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shaking hands with a map of Ukraine behind them

What a Celebration of Freedom Looks Like

Isaac Stanley-Becker

June 14, 2025

Side-by-side photos of European flags in Schengen and an American flag waving underneath helicopters.

A Parade of Ignorance

June 12, 2025

A group of young adults watches a tank roll through the street

How One Animal Divided Europe

Jonathan C. Slaght

June 11, 2025

An illustration showing wolves and humans together