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States of Sanctuary
As governments across the world crack down on migration, can alternatives to asylum make a difference?
The Enduring Appeal of Vienna’s Gilded-Age Balls
A conversation with Jessi Jezewska Stevens, whose article on Vienna’s ball season was published in our Land issue.
Writing About Erasure
Two recent Uyghur memoirs grapple with how to portray the oppressed minority as more than victims.
Adopted by Russia
Hundreds of Ukrainian orphans taken from the Donbas region are now stranded in the Kremlin’s orphanage system.
The Meloni Way
How Italy’s prime minister uses lawsuits and intimidation to reshape the culture.
Apostrophe’s Dream
“They have been friends all their lives, living in close quarters in a typesetter’s drawer.”
Letters from Exile
“What can I do, I will always be, at heart, an emigrant — but what lessons have I drawn from it?”
Crimes of Starvation
In conflicts around the world, food and hunger are used as tools of war. What's the role of international law in addressing human-inflicted starvation?
The Most Wanted Man in Europe
How the former Chief Operating Officer of Wirecard stole two billion euros from the company and became a Russian spy.
Speaking Out Under Bukele
A conversation with Danielle Mackey, whose reporting on environmental activism in El Salvador under President Nayib Bukele was published in our Money issue.
Inside Germany’s Taxpayer Funded Neo-Nazi Networks
The trouble with the country’s far-right informant apparatus.
A Shadow Over Svalbard
Once a haven for international cooperation, trust on the Norwegian archipelago is disappearing — and so are the rights of its residents.
Erdoğan’s Relentless Campaign Against Writers
The legal case against Elif Shafak is part of the president’s wider crackdown on Turkey’s academics and press freedom.
César Aira’s Magic
How the eccentric Argentine author took over Latin American literature.
