Why American liberals celebrating the French team’s “Africanness” are making common cause with Jean-Marie Le Pen.

The strange saga of Victor Restis shows how Greece keeps falling prey to corrupt foreign profiteers—and just how easily the rot can spread.

Buying in to the myth of Russia’s humiliation at the hands of the West does nothing to improve relations in the long term. It could do a great deal of harm to Russia as well.

Fear is politically fungible, able to migrate stealthily from one cause to others, and from one host to others. Fear can also pool or coalesce around shocking experiences. These gymnastic capacities are what give terrorism its social and, ultimately, its political punch.

Alan Jacobs’s latest book is a guide for thinking seriously in an age of distraction—but it falls prey to the very kind of habits which he aims to counter.

A reply to David Blankenhorn’s “Service, Please!”

The Helsinki summit may represent a triumph of sorts for Putin and his worldview, but it’s not likely to be a long-lasting one.

There is no “grand bargain” on Syria and Ukraine on offer. Not even a smaller one—just focusing on Syria—is likely to work.

How should audiences—and art institutions—grapple with the immoral legacies of great artists?

The stakes of Monday’s discussion in Helsinki are high—especially for U.S. policy in Syria.