The AtlanticWorld News ‘Welcome to Europe. Now Go Home.’The Atlantic - Rachel DonadioThe overcrowded Moria refugee camp in Greece is where Europe’s ideals—solidarity, human rights, a haven for victims of war and violence—dissolve in a tangle of bureaucracy, indifference, and lack of political
The AtlanticTechnology TikTok Is Taking Over IndiaThe Atlantic - Snigdha PoonamIn just two years, TikTok has become India’s most downloaded app. Let the gold rush begin. NEW DELHI—On a hot afternoon on the lawns of a lavish country house south of India’s capital, Ronak Bhatia waited
The AtlanticPhotos Photos of the Week: Prehistoric Tongue, First Snow, Panda ScanThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorAutumn colors in Belgium; chess-boxing in Paris; protests in Chile and Hong Kong; dinosaurs in India; Loy Krathong in Thailand; bushfires in Australia; impeachment hearings in Washington, D.C.; the World
The AtlanticWorld News Boris Johnson Is Not Britain’s Donald Trump. Jeremy Corbyn Is.The Atlantic - Tom McTagueCorbyn and Trump are both populists and in a battle with ‘the swamp.’ Brexit aside, Johnson is not. Donald Trump has claimed Boris Johnson as his bumbling, blond-haired mini-me from across the water. U.K.
The AtlanticWorld News Ask Your (Male) Colleagues What They EarnThe Atlantic - Helen LewisSamira Ahmed’s case against her employer, the BBC, illustrates the value of transparency in closing the gender pay gap. On a cold November morning, a group of women—and a few men—gathered in front of tube
The AtlanticU.S. Politics What America’s Allies Really Think About Trump’s Syria DecisionThe Atlantic - Uri FriedmanDuring a few wild weeks in October, U.S. allies watched as their own worst nightmare befell America’s Kurdish partners in Syria. Here’s what that means for America’s standing in the world. There was a
The AtlanticPhotos Venice Underwater: The Highest Tide in 50 YearsThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorYesterday, strong winds and rainstorms pushed water levels in Venice, Italy, to the second-highest levels ever recorded. The high-water mark hit 74 inches (187 centimeters), just short of the record set
The AtlanticU.S. Politics Erdoğan Defies Trump. So Why Do They Get Along?The Atlantic - Kathy GilsinanMelvyn InglebyThe two have undeniable personal chemistry, but their countries are drifting apart. He defied the United States repeatedly, bought Russian weapons, and assaulted American partners in Syria. Now Turkish
The AtlanticHong Kong The Hong Kong Protesters Aren’t Driven by HopeThe Atlantic - Zeynep TufekciHONG KONG—For months now, I’ve been told that Hong Kong’s protests would end soon. They’ll end when school starts, I heard during the summer. School did start, but the protests wore on, only now I saw
The AtlanticU.S. Politics The Slow-Boil RevoltThe Atlantic - Kathy GilsinanLeah FeigerRetired senior military officers are growing more concerned that the Trump administration doesn’t want their advice—and they’re struggling with how much they can say publicly. Here is the unenviable calculation
The AtlanticHong Kong The Date Hong Kong Protesters Can’t EscapeThe Atlantic - Laura ManneringThe year 2047 is a deadline that has come to symbolize the end of the territory’s way of life. HONG KONG—It was after one of the many pro-democracy protests here this year that the filmmaker Jevons Au,
The AtlanticWorld News The Magic of Fall ColorsThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorAs the season progresses toward chillier days and nights, I thought it would be nice to take one last look at the colorful beauty of this autumn, seen in cities and countryside vistas across the Northern
The AtlanticItalian Politics Italy Has an Intolerance Problem. Does It Still Have a Moderate Right?The Atlantic - Rachel DonadioThe anti-Semitic attacks on the Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre have spurred a national debate about intolerance. ROME—When Liliana Segre, the face of Italy’s historical memory of the Holocaust, was a
The AtlanticGermany Before the Fall of the Berlin WallThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorIn August 1961, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) began erecting a barrier to prevent East Berliners and other Eastern-bloc citizens from fleeing into West Berlin. Walls that started as small
The AtlanticWorld News The Lingering Trauma of Stasi SurveillanceThe Atlantic - Charlotte BaileyThirty years after reunification, memories of the East German police state continue to exact a profound psychological toll. BERLIN—It has been 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, but this group-therapy
The AtlanticRory Stewart Rory Stewart’s Lofty AimsThe Atlantic - Yasmeen SerhanThe prime-ministerial hopeful turned London mayoral candidate told The Atlantic that he hopes to build a moderate political movement from the bottom up. But can it be done from city hall? Britain’s Parliament
The AtlanticU.S. Politics The World’s Worst Game of Risk Is Playing Out in SyriaThe Atlantic - Kathy GilsinanAfter weeks of chaos in the northeast, great powers redrew a small chunk of the map. And a bigger story is just beginning. The U.S. pulled back. Turkey moved in. Kurdish forces retreated. The Syrian government
The AtlanticPhotos Photos of the Week: Airborne Giraffe, Horse Fascinator, Scottish MurmurationThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorA camel in New York City, the biggest Catrina in the world, the European MTV Awards in Spain, flooding in South Sudan, saffron harvest in Iran, a parade for the Washington Nationals, Bonfire Night celebrations
The AtlanticWorld News What Would It Take to Unify Korea? Germany Offers Lessons.The Atlantic - Melissa ChanThirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, there is still much to do. That bodes poorly for any potential Korean reunification. BERLIN—No one was really in charge the night of November 9, 1989. Thousands
The AtlanticUnited Kingdom The Coming Brexit FarceThe Atlantic - Tom McTagueWhile Brexiteers believe the threat of “no deal” increases British leverage, the EU calculates that it increases its leverage and is therefore happy to play along. The result: an inevitable crisis. If
The AtlanticPhotos Animals on the Playing FieldThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorIt’s not just Monday Night Football cat—animals all over the world find themselves caught up in our games. Below, a recent collection of photos of some of the kangaroos, cats, opossums, dogs, bees, deer,
The AtlanticIslamic State (ISIS) How ISIS Radicalized My SonThe Atlantic - Emily Buder In June 2015, 19-year-old Rasheed Benyahia left for work at the engineering firm in Birmingham, England, where he was an apprentice. He never returned home.
The AtlanticU.S. Politics We Now Know Just How Confusing Trump’s Ukraine Policy WasThe Atlantic - Uri FriedmanThe administration’s shadow foreign policy sees the light of day. The main revelation in the latest release of transcripts from the House impeachment inquiry is that Ambassador Gordon Sondland explicitly
The AtlanticPhotos Photos: Delhi’s Toxic SkyThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorMillions of people in Delhi, India, and neighboring states are struggling to cope with eye-watering smog that has settled on the region—creating some of the worst air quality in years. Government authorities
The AtlanticCulture Broadway’s Dirty SecretThe Atlantic - Helen LewisIvo Van Hove’s success shows how much American commercial theater relies on European state funding. Ivo Van Hove is arguably the most sought-after theater director in the world. In February, his version
The AtlanticPhotos A Month of Anti-government Protests in IraqThe Atlantic - Alan TaylorIn recent weeks, anti-government demonstrations in cities across Iraq have been growing, as hundreds of thousands gather to voice their frustration and anger over corruption, alleged Iranian interference,
The AtlanticWorld News The Misunderstood Legacy of Guy FawkesThe Atlantic - Yasmeen SerhanEvery year, Britain commemorates the notorious Catholic conspirator’s failed plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Elsewhere in the world, his reputation is much different. “Remember, remember the
The AtlanticUnited Kingdom How Europe Will Take On Britain After BrexitThe Atlantic - Tom McTagueOnce Brexit eventually happens, the two will have to compete. It’s only natural. Much of Brexit is the application of logic to decisions that have already been made. Thus: British voters decided in 2016
The AtlanticWorld News India’s Diverging Paths in KashmirThe Atlantic - Anchal VohraBy taking away the region’s autonomy, the country is changing the balance between those who favor dialogue and those who support violence. SRINAGAR, India—Meet Rehman and Syed. The two, both in their live
