
Foreign Affairs: Cheng Li on China’s hopes for a thaw
China feels cautiously optimistic President-elect Joe Biden can lower—or at least pause—fast-escalating tensions between the countries.

LRB: Pooja Bhatia on Black liberation
Three books examine the enormous impact of the Haitian Revolution.

Newslines: Neri Zilber on Mahmoud Abbas’s possible successor
Former top official Mohammed Dahlan's name is being floated as more flexible replacement for President Mahmoud Abbas.

WPR: Karina Piser on French schools and radicalization
France's teachers have been charged with instilling "republican values" in public schools. They are finding it an overwhelming task.

Thomas Goltz publishes new book on Turkey
Reflections on "40 years of an intimate association with a wayward US Eurasian ally."

Foreign Policy: Neri Zilber on Israel’s election lessons
As Americans await final results in their presidential campaign, they would do well to learn from Israel's hard-won experience on surviving uncertainty.

NYT: Eve Fairbanks on Trumpers with doubts
There's a growing group of Donald Trump supporters who wish, privately, he would just go away.

Forbes: Willy Foote on food security
It is critical to turn to focus global attention on rising hunger during the Covid-19 pandemic by supporting smallholder farmers.

University of Washington honors Onyinye Edeh
The University of Washington School of Public Health has named 50 alumni Changemakers of Public Health.

Chenoa Egawa publishes children’s book
The Whale Child is a children's book about the environmental challenges facing the earth.