History shows why revolutionary regimes cannot be propitiated.

The authentic joys of late-period Billie Holiday in a pose-loving world.

The Anglo-Protestant basis of U.S. foreign policy.

These days, China and Pakistan are eager to proclaim a friendship that is “sweeter than honey.” Yet as history shows, the partnership has always been a superficial one.

Why conservatives and liberals don’t talk to each other so good.

Mahmoud al-Aloul is Fatah’s first vice president. Does that make him the next Palestinian leader?

This week’s inconclusive election results have confirmed once again that Italy’s democratic dysfunction runs deep. In the short term, it may well prove ungovernable.

A new play about Iraqi Christian immigrants deals with the conflict between remembering and forgetting.  

Yascha Mounk’s new defense of liberalism offers a perceptive diagnosis of its decline, but not much in the way of a cure.

Beijing successfully ratcheted down birth rates, but can it ratchet them back up again?