Comparing diasporic Jewish and overseas Chinese history sheds light on Singapore’s diplomatic situation.

The author of “How Should America Deal with Authoritarian States?” responds to his critics. (The final entry in our series.)

Analyses of China’s rise and future were important before the global pandemic—now, even more so. Three current volumes offer a mixed bag of insights and missed opportunities.

The failure of the Chinese Communist Party to protect the world from COVID-19 is likely to reverse China’s recent gains in power and prestige.

We need a nation proud of having protected its vulnerable population from the virus—as well as of saving its vulnerable businesses and workers from the infection’s catastrophic economic consequences.

If other democracies are any guide, the electoral defeat of a leader like Donald Trump will not mark a return to political normalcy.

The authors of “The End of History” and “Reading Lolita in Tehran” discuss coronavirus, Iran, James Baldwin, campus culture, and why imagination and literature are essential to combatting authoritarianism.

AI is a creature of capitalism, and it will upend our politics. Third in a series on AI—read the first, on how we could lose our minds to AI, here and the second, on a new Turing Test for the 21^st century, here.

The coronavirus isn’t just a danger to public health and the economy; it also threatens our national security infrastructure.

George Washington was neither a saint nor a scoundrel. He was, above all, an institutionalist—and it is this Washington we need today.