Tareq Baconi
Killing Their Way to Peace
Israel’s targeted assassinations have never succeeded at dismantling Palestinian resistance movements. Now they threaten to set off a regional war.
Marisa Anne Bass
Worldly van Eyck
Was the Netherlandish master a painter of visionary experience or of life here on earth?
Sean Wilentz
The ‘Dred Scott’ of Our Time
In ruling in favor of Donald Trump’s claims of immunity from prosecution for his official acts, the Supreme Court has invested the presidency with quasi-monarchial powers, paving the way for MAGA authoritarianism.
Gordon F. Sander
Ready for War in Sweden
“If neutrality was a façade, it was one most Swedes ardently believed in prior to the Ukraine war.”
Free from the Archives
India declared its independence from the United Kingdom seventy-seven years ago today. In the Review’s December 16, 1982, issue—thirty-five years after independence and five years after the Emergency, when Indira Gandhi ruled largely by decree—Amartya Sen asked, “How Is India Doing?”
Amartya Sen
How Is India Doing?
“Conservatism happens to fit quite well with the elitist character of Indian society and politics. The powerful groups have much to gain from high growth. If intensive public efforts were made to eliminate endemic malnutrition immediately, that would benefit groups that are less powerful. It is important to understand the elitist nature of India to make sense of India’s policies.”
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