Those who look to the interwar period to warn of democratic breakdown today are indulging in a false historical analogy—and drawing far gloomier conclusions than the evidence merits.

Remittances set off vicious cycles of debt and crime that push more Central Americans north.

A new book on the future of work offers some insightful reporting, but is crippled by a strong case of confirmation bias.

A new book offers a revealing look into how social media has been “weaponized” by nefarious actors—even if it doesn’t show how the genie can be put back into the bottle.

How to resolve America’s monument wars? The experiences of Macedonia and Russia suggest some unlikely lessons.

After the Great Depression, the United States overhauled its regulatory framework and created the SEC to meet the country’s changing needs. Can that history provide a blueprint for reforming Russia today?

Two quirky comedies about death translate the gloom of French existentialism to the cheerier realm of American television.

After the events of this past week, there can be no denying that domestic political violence is on the rise—and that the President is more interested in stoking divisions than healing them.

The recent split in the Orthodox Church is a case of church politics following geopolitics—and of the Kremlin reaping what it has sown.

What characterizes today’s Russia more than banal corruption or inadequate rule of law is the rebirth of feudal attitudes between rulers and ruled, and the reconstitution of a multilayered, highly stratified social structure.