A new head-banging musical about Joan of Arc captures the inner life of a visionary child—and the radical strangeness of Christian faith.

Azerbaijan’s Khadija Ismayilova exemplifies courage, and reminds why human rights and rule of law are worth fighting for.

The old rationales for racial preferences in admissions no longer make any sense. It’s time for enlightened America to hit the reset button.

All eyes seem fixated on North Korea, the South China Sea, or the Senkaku islands. But a crisis in the Taiwan Strait—postwar Asia’s original hotspot—could be closer than many realize.

Erdoğan’s big election win notwithstanding, Turkey seems headed for a period of seismic social and political instability.

Reforms have stalled and the Ukrainian President is overseeing a state captured by its elites. What can be done?

As rival clans seek to pounce, Russia’s Yeltsin-era elites are going out of their way to signal their fealty to Putin.

There is a basic similarity between nuclear and cyber arms races—and thus plenty of reason to worry about developing cyber tools as offensive weapons.

The French President’s grand ambitions for EU integration have crumbled in the face of political realities. It is time to ponder an alternative approach.

The musical and cultural legacy of the late D.J. Fontana, rock-and-roll electrician.