A review of Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship by Max Lane.
Washington Should Think Twice Before Launching a New Cold War
First, let’s remind ourselves of the catastrophic global consequences of the last one.
What Explains COVID’s East-West Divide?
Asia has done a much better job of containing the pandemic. Do values have anything to do with it?
The “Are You Serious?” Awards: Looking Back on 2020
A short review of some of the lesser known absurdities of 2020.
This Year’s Forest Fire Season Could Be Even Deadlier
Countries are using the coronavirus crisis to lift environmental regulations, even as COVID-19 leaves populations more vulnerable to health impacts from fires.
The Corporate Food System Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
COVID-19 is so dangerous to food security because the global supply chain was insecure to begin with. Could we remake it?
Indonesia’s Journalists Grapple With Islamism
Reporters in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country are navigating — and too often abetting — a rising trend of reactionary Islamism.
To Defeat Trump, ‘the Resistance’ Must Own Up to Its Own White Supremacy
From immigration to climate, the white left’s blind spots have sullied even well intentioned efforts to combat Trump, the far right, and ecological collapse.
Jakarta’s Election and Alternatives to US Policy Towards Muslims
The latest election in Indonesia was not about radical Islam triumphing over pluralism.
Bernie’s Broadsides Against Kissinger Weren’t Even Half of It
The former secretary of state, whose “mentorship” Hillary Clinton boasted during the last Democratic debate, isn’t just a poor choice of foreign policy adviser. He’s a bona fide war criminal.