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Dreaming with the Machines

Dreaming with the Machines

What Can We Learn from Oneiric and Artificial Intelligence

On Lebanon and Loss

On Lebanon and Loss

Tylor Brand, author of Famine Worlds, reflects on the past and present of Israel and Lebanon

On Lebanon and Loss

On Lebanon and Loss

Tylor Brand, author of Famine Worlds, reflects on the past and present of Israel and Lebanon

Status and Stigma

Status and Stigma

Islam and the Politics of Counter-Terror in Malaysia

The Automatons Are Finally Here. Will They March in Step?

The Automatons Are Finally Here. Will They March in Step?

Financial markets offer a preview of the risks of agentic AI

SAVED FROM CERTAIN DEATH

SAVED FROM CERTAIN DEATH

Jonathan Daly on the legacy of Richard Pipes

A Crisis Older Than Climate Change

A Crisis Older Than Climate Change

The Deeper History of Iraq’s Environmental Crisis

Reading Iran

Reading Iran

Recommended books about Iran In consideration of current events, we have put together a list of books on Iran that we hope provides context and provokes careful thought. Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic Narges Bajoghli Iran Reframed offers unprecedented access to those …

What Happens to Guatemalan Children After Deportation

What Happens to Guatemalan Children After Deportation

Detention, deportation, and the cost of return for Guatemalan children Lauren Heidbrink Art by Gabriela Afable. Used with permission. Camila was fourteen when she was deported from Houston to Guatemala. It was her first time on an airplane. When the chartered plane landed at Guatemala …

Conservation As Patriotism 

Conservation As Patriotism 

Policy, environmentalism, and how the relationship between the two has shaped American perception Nancy J. Manring When you hear the word “environmentalist,” what pops into your head? If you’re like most people, words like “tree-hugger,” “eco-freak,” or worse, “eco-nazis” may come to mind. In 1989, …