A conversation with Richard Aldous on the origins of modern identity politics.

Tom Wolfe contained multitudes, too—some of them, at least, lasting contributions to American literature.

The revelations of a “resistance within” the Trump Administration are surprising in their details. But what is happening now was always inherent in the idea of a Trump presidency.

On the hundredth anniversary of his birth, Leonard Bernstein’s artistic legacy is as rich and impossible to circumscribe as ever.

The two men accused of poisoning Sergey Skripal are ready for their close-up.

Seventeen years in, the war in Afghanistan presents a credible threat of disaster for all parties involved—or a settlement that could end the fighting on terms we can accept.

Rigged elections and brutal crackdowns cannot disguise the public’s falling trust in the Kremlin.

There is nothing wrong about our current conception of human rights that cannot be cured by the best elements of our own tradition.

Putin’s growing involvement in mortal affairs is weighing on his popularity.

U.S. policymakers should be wary of Pakistan’s perennial complaints about India’s role in Afghanistan.