Intellectual humility is a time-honored virtue we can learn to cultivate—and one that’s also vital to a healthy democratic politics.

There is unprecedented wind in U.S. anti-kleptocracy sails, thanks to legislation making its way through Congress. America’s reign as a haven for offshore wealth may finally be coming to an end.

Paul Robeson, the towering figure of American arts, athletics, and civil rights activism, was also an unapologetic Stalinist. Failing to acknowledge this checkered legacy ultimately does a disservice to the goals he fought for.

The United States and Great Britain ultimately traded places after WWII. But the hand-off was much messier than is often acknowledged.

An improbable tale of youth, age, and cultural change in the Catskills, with apologies to Washington Irving.

Donald Trump is right to push for a rebalanced relationship with both China and Europe. But what have tariffs and threats actually achieved?

The Islamic world is currently engaged in a debate over climate change: not about whether it’s happening, but about whether militants or reformists are best equipped to stop it.

The end of Putinism won’t be the end of Russia’s geopolitical ambitions.

An attempt to put conservatism on firmer intellectual footing in the Age of Trump has led to some strange—and shaky—alliances.

WaPo’s Beijing bureau chief during the Tiananmen massacre looks back on his reporting of the 1989 student-led protests and the Chinese Communist Party crackdown.