Edvard Isto, “The Attack” (1899)
On the Front Lines
Facing Russia, Close and Personal

TAI editor-in-chief Jeffrey Gedmin speaks with the Presidents of Finland and Estonia, in Helsinki and Tallinn.

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Who's in the Driver Seat?
Turkey’s Hour of Nationalism: The Deeper Sources of Political Realignment

Lost in the electoral struggle for Istanbul, the deeper lesson of Turkey’s local election is the rise of Turkish nationalism. It has weakened President Erdoğan, and it offers the United States new options in developing a coherent Turkey policy.

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Xi’s Worst Nightmare
Hong Kong’s Freedom Movement Won’t Stop Now, or There

The protests and the government’s backpedaling have exposed fissures running through the mainland, and even into Beijing’s ruling elite.

Graphic by Danielle Desjardins
Innovation and Disruption
Universal Basic Income: Does It Work?

Is UBI an idea whose time has come, or just a populist gimmick? With automation set to disrupt millions of jobs over the next decade, the stakes of answering that question have never been higher.

Andy Warhol, “Campbell’s Soup Cans” (1962)
An Editor’s Frustrations
In Search of an Advertising Tax

Trying to get a competent author to examine the idea of taxing advertising turned out to be an exercise in waiting for Godot.

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American Prophet
Frederick Douglass Is Not Dead!

And neither is the contest to define his legacy, as three recent books show.

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Juggernaut
India’s Pollution Problem—And Ours

India’s growth can zero out all the world’s environmental measures.

Jan Ekels (II), “People Playing Cards at an Inn” (1784)
Of Sea and Land
China’s Long Game

The West can have an unbeatable hand against Beijing, if it plays its cards right.

Volodymyr Zelensky as Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko in Servant of the People
Putinism in Peril?
Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Zelensky Era

The Kremlin has given Volodymyr Zelensky a chilly reception, but the comedian-cum-President may have the last laugh.

Jackson Pollock, “War” (1947)
Netflix and Kill
How Film Can Shake Up the Debate About War

Two under-appreciated recent films offer fresh and complementary perspectives about conflicts and why we intervene in them.

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