"If the global south exists, then who leads it?" From 2000 to 2021, China funded more than 20,000 infrastructure projects across 165 countries. / The Economist Ed Conway: Elon Musk isn't going to be the Henry Ford of the electric car—China is. / Material World Jon
Over the weekend, Iran seemed to float a way to stop the Gaza genocide and a regional war. / Forever Wars From February: Gaza and the dilemmas of genocide scholars. / Al Jazeera The Moscow terror attack causes a backlash against labor migrants in Russia. / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace See also:
Israel regroups its army to move into Rafah. A round-up of statistics from a devastating six months. / The Associated Press, Al Jazeera Pankaj Mishra: The more remote the Shoah has grown, the more fiercely its memory has been possessed by Jewish Americans. / The London Review of Books Who is
Hi. Due to the work required this month to produce the Tournament of Books, we're going to take a week off and nap. See you April 8. With the Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich now detained in Russia for a year, other journalists explain how they
At least 32,490 Palestinians have been killed and 74,889 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. / Al Jazeera Right-wing Israelis question whether the country relies too much on the United States. / The Wall Street Journal [+] Dominic Tierney: Israelis are likely to look back on the
Ukraine says a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea have been sunk or disabled. / Semafor The ship that hit the Baltimore Key Bridge was involved in a collision while leaving Antwerp, Belgium, in 2016. / The Guardian See also: "The Baltimore bridge collapse is only the latest—
A bridge in Baltimore collapses after being hit by a large container ship. / The Wall Street Journal [+] The rate at which Gaza has reached its depth of food insecurity is "practically unheard of" in the 21st century. / Vox Despite some 667,000 people experiencing "catastrophic" levels
Russia marks a day of mourning for victims of the concert hall attack. / NPR Vladimir Putin brushed off American warnings about the attack as "blackmail." / The Economist Images of Emmanuel Macron punching a boxing bag are linked to France's increasingly tougher stance against Russia. / CNN Some
At least 133 people are dead after an attack on a crowded concert hall outside Moscow. An ISIL affiliate claims the assault. / BBC News, Al Jazeera The United States warned Russia weeks ago of an impending attack. / The New York Times [+] Negotiators at the United Nations are working to recognize
The United States drafts a new security council resolution calling for Israel to commence an immediate ceasefire. / Al Jazeera China and Russia veto the measure, partly due to the US linking the ceasefire to a condemnation of Hamas. / axios See also: A round-up of things to know about ongoing
