Empty Seat: U. S. Absent as Western Powers Meet on Wartime Protections for Civilians

A multinational group meets this week at NATO headquarters in Belgium to discuss protections for civilians during combat. Even though the U. S. co-founded this effort, no American delegation will be in the room.

25 Years After 9/11, Questions About the FBI’s Pursuit of Saudi Suspects in the Case Have Only Grown

FBI agents quickly identified a Saudi suspect who helped two of the 9/11 hijackers. But families of the victims are demanding to know what happened in the bureau’s investigation of Omar al-Bayoumi.

Laura Kolbe and Patricia Lockwood in conversation

On Saturday, October 10, join us at the n+1 office in Brooklyn for a celebration of two new works of poetry: Laura Kolbe’s The Decadent Movement and Patricia Lockwood’s Agate Head/Stone Soup .

The Four-Color Theorem Gets a Rare New Proof

By revisiting the famous problem — which was controversially solved in the 1970s with the help of computers — mathematicians have gained important new insights into the nature of graphs.

The commodification of conservation

Brazil is betting the Amazon can be protected by making forests economically valuable - but will commercial use stay within the its ecological limits?