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Samanth Subramanian charts the deep geopolitical tensions, corporate power grabs, environmental risks, and quiet heroics involved in maintaining the Internet’s unseen circulatory system. With his signature clarity and curiosity, he brings to life the cables that stitch continents together—and exposes just how vulnerable our connected lives really are. learn more
October 2025

LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD
Revered globally as a religion of peace, Buddhism is now being weaponized by radical monks and nationalist movements who claim to be defending their faith—but at the cost of inciting violence, particularly against Muslims. In The Robe and the Sword, Sonia Faleiro traces how radical monks, from Sri Lanka to Myanmar to Thailand, are fueling movements of hatred, ethnic cleansing, and war. learn more
November 2025

Drawing on decades at the front lines of diplomacy and blending personal insight with political and academic experience, Finnish President Alexander Stubb delivers a passionate call for values-based realism and dignified foreign policy—and warns that unless the West learns to listen, it will lose its place in the world it once built. learn more
January 2026