Jun 9, 2014 Vol 183 No 22

Has Assad Won?

Europe’s Right Turn
Anti-E.U. populists may have scored big at the ballot box, but they’re wrong on foreign policy

Don’t Forget Taiwan
Why the island’s citizens are worried about China’s growing influence over their home

Tiananmen 25 Years Later
Amid a new wave of repression, china needs the spirit of 1989 as much as ever before
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The Man Who Guards The Planet
Space is full of potential killer asteroids. Meet the astronomer who stands between you and them

Behind the Scenes with John Green
The author of The Fault in Our Stars watches his book become a movie
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Divas for Every Demographic
A trio of new releases shows pop’s niche power

Tolls for Trolls
All I ever wanted was to start a humor website. But the patent trolls won’t let me

10 Questions with Margaret Lambert
On her 100th birthday, the high jumper got hundreds of postcards from Germans. Here’s why

Czarship Enterprise