Iran’s Forward-Operating Base in the West
With the survival of Nicolas Maduro’s regime now uncertain, Iran and Hezbollah have much to lose in Caracas.
Emanuele Ottolenghi
· 7 min read
Reclaiming Venezuela
The tactical brilliance of the US operation in Caracas sends a message to the world: American power is back.
Juan P. Villasmil
· 10 min read
A Fragile Alliance
Despite public displays of mutual support, the Trump–Netanyahu partnership is on shaky ground.
Benny Morris
· 9 min read
A Story Spiked
Bari Weiss’s eleventh-hour cancellation of a 60 Minutes exposé on migrants imprisoned in El Salvador raises troubling questions about editorial independence at CBS News.
Cathy Young
· 18 min read
Precipice of Collapse
Two new books about America’s justice system paint a bleak picture of a deeply divided country.
Ron Capshaw
· 8 min read
The Somaliland Gamble
The world’s newest nation state could provide a buffer against Islamist influence in the Horn of Africa—if the bet on its stability pays off.
Aurele Tobelem
· 9 min read
Weimar Vibes
The fate of the Weimar Republic stands as a warning of what happens when societies and their citizens indulge extremism.
Shalom Lappin
· 18 min read
On Ten Years
A speech marking the tenth anniversary of Quillette, delivered by founder and editor-in-chief Claire Lehmann in Sydney.
Claire Lehmann
· 4 min read
Editors’ Choice 2025
Quillette’s editors choose their favourite essays of the year.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 10 min read
The Sexual Paradise That Never Was
How Margaret Mead’s romanticised account of Samoan life became the founding myth of cultural determinism—and why it endures despite having been thoroughly debunked.
Patrick Whittle
· 19 min read
How Doctors Without Borders Became a Political Actor in Gaza
In recent years, large international NGOs have increasingly blurred the line between humanitarian work and political advocacy.
Gerald M. Steinberg, E. Levenson, Zoe Booth
· 7 min read
Among Savage Tribes
Napoleon Chagnon documented a society in which violent men enjoyed greater reproductive and marital success. Some of his academic colleagues never forgave him for it.
Peggy Sastre
· 10 min read
Tech Wants You to Believe that AI Is Conscious
Tech companies stand to benefit from widespread public misperceptions that AI is sentient despite a dearth of scientific evidence.
Nadav Neuman
· 8 min read
Sudan Between Two Middle Easts
Between the jihad of the “Hamas of Africa” and the new order of the Abraham Accords, the choice in Sudan should be clear.
Chama Mechtaly
· 21 min read
Can Art Convey Truth?
Ways of feeling are not ways of knowing.
Jerry A. Coyne
· 8 min read