Forever Wars

The imperial anxieties of the American elite. Featuring a roundtable on Iran with Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Manijeh Moradian, Naghmeh Sohrabi, and Alex Shams. Also in this issue: Dispatches from Tehran, Beirut, Baghdad, and the West Bank Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on ending elite impunity David Waldstreicher on America at 250 Harsha Walia on how not to abolish ICE J. Lester Feder on the queer face of war in Ukraine Andrew Holter on Mary McCarthy's Vietnam War reporting Farah Bakaari on Somaliland's empty triumph Reviews of Your Name Here by Helen DeWitt & Ilya Gridneff; The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt; and recent books on disability and the good life. Contributors: Joelle Abi-Rached, Farah Bakaari, Luke Dunne, Lester Feder, Jan Grue, Andrew Holter, Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Manijeh Moradian, Jacob Rubin, Nabil Salih, Alex Shams, Raja Shehadeh, Naghmeh Sohrabi, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, David Waldstreicher, Harsha Walia