This is the question that tormented Søren Kierkegaard, perhaps the first great philosopher to process our modern world—and it comes to life in Clare Carlisle’s unconventional new biography.

An Orwellian China is sidling up to a Huxleyan America in what could become a catastrophic encounter between two different forms of insanity.

For all its bungling and missteps, the Trump Administration’s decision to pay attention to the Kosovo-Serbia dispute is a step in the right direction.

If Lukashenka stumbles badly in August, a Russian move to absorb Belarus cannot be ruled out.

The global trading system has been under stress for some time. A three-way agreement, between the U.S., UK, and EU, could lighten the load.

Why police protests in cities like Minneapolis and Portland have been so violent, while ones in cities like Detroit and Baltimore have been relatively peaceful.

U.S. leadership is essential to global health, and vice versa. Here are five policy priorities to re-establish it—for whoever is President come Inauguration Day.

A new novel by Christopher Beha catalogues them one by one—and reminds us why human beings are worth writing about.

A biography of “the father of American policing” offers timely insights into his progressive, professional approach to policing, but fails to grapple with the darker side of his legacy.

For too long, Americans have put up with dysfunctional government, hyperpartisanship, and mediocre results. Here’s how we can build a government for all Americans.