As elections loom in Africa’s most populous country, a timely new book dispels common myths about Nigeria’s democracy—and reveals the broader stakes for the continent.

Michael McFaul’s memoir throws into sharp relief the failures of America’s Russia policy.

Can sticking to the facts obscure the truth? A recent Broadway play takes a Talmudic approach to the debate.

Academic “realists” are guilty of intellectual overreach in their critique of international overreach.

Andrew Roberts’s Churchill biography confronts his subject’s central paradox: How the ardent believer in the goodness of British imperialism became the stalwart champion of liberal democracy.

Bruno Maçães’s new book is a masterful overview of China’s Belt and Road project—and a disturbing portrait of things to come.

A new book explores the artwork of Winston Churchill, and finds surprising resonances between his artistic legacy and his political one.

A new book offers a helpful primer on Beijing’s deepening relationships in the Gulf.

If you want to understand what’s gone wrong in Congress, the career of Jim Wright offers a good place to start.

Orson Welles’s final film, newly completed after four decades in limbo, is a fascinating paradox: a deeply personal but radically collaborative project, which speaks as much to our time as to his.