Benjamin Soloway
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Past articles by Benjamin:
Boris Johnson’s Risky Gambit
Plus: India’s top court takes on Kashmir, how spies recruit on LinkedIn, and other stories we’re following today. → Read More
Around the World, Forests Are on Fire
Plus: Boris Johnson seeks to suspend Parliament, Italy moves toward a new coalition, and other stories we’re following today. → Read More
States Sue Trump Administration Over Indefinite Detention for Immigrant Children
Plus: Trump’s mixed messages, Kenya’s first crude export, and other stories we’re following today. → Read More
Tensions Simmer at G-7 Summit
Plus: Trump’s mixed messages on U.S.-China trade, the Brexit blame game, and other stories we’re following today. → Read More
What’s at Stake in Indonesia’s Elections?
The world’s third-largest democracy goes to the polls. → Read More
Our Best Weekend Reads
This week, New Zealand saw its worst-ever terrorist attack, and Boeing aircraft around the world were grounded. → Read More
Our Best Weekend Reads
This week, the world marked International Women’s Day, and the U.S. State Department canceled an award for a Finnish journalist who criticized Trump. → Read More
Our Best Weekend Reads
This week, India and Pakistan faced off in Kashmir, and Trump left Hanoi empty-handed. → Read More
Our Best Weekend Reads
Inside the U.S. decision to get behind Congo’s election and how the United States failed Afghan women. → Read More
Power to the People –
Across the globe, new political players, often from outside the mainstream, are displacing the usual suspects. → Read More
Can the Navy’s Million-Dollar Zombie Game Turn You Into a Supersoldier?
I wanted to see if killing the undead would make me smarter. → Read More
The Many Faces of Angela Merkel
Two Merkels. Three Spinning Merkels. Escher Merkels. → Read More
A Secessionist Abroad
A Secessionist Abroad « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas → Read More
The Saga of Fidel, the Bolivian President’s Illusory Secret Son
The Saga of Fidel, the Bolivian President’s Illusory Secret Son « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas → Read More
In Brazil’s Coffee Industry, Some Workers Face ‘Conditions Analogous to Slavery’
A new report sheds light on punishing labor issues in the coffee sector, and on Brazil’s progressive efforts to protect farmworkers. → Read More
Lawyers in Space
If an astronaut is murdered in the International Space Station, where does the killer stand trial? → Read More
To Understand Why the Islamic State Just Hit Jakarta, Don’t Look to Paris — Look to Indonesia
Despite the ISIS connection, the Jakarta assault showed evidence of motivations and patterns particular to Indonesia. → Read More
Terror Fears Mute New Year’s Cheer
As the world’s metropolises prepare to bid the year farewell on Thursday, some of them are too afraid to celebrate. → Read More
The Wisdom of Japan’s Cunning Contrition
Questions for Jennifer Lind, an expert on apologies in international politics. → Read More
Last-Minute Gifts for Wonks: 2015 Edition
Holiday shopping suggestions for the discerning international politics connoisseur. → Read More