The Modi government has cooled public passions about the Chinese border clashes with nationalist rhetoric and a few economic sanctions. But India’s strategic position is weak—and Modi knows it.

Putin’s rigged plebiscite might have formally extended his control over Russia—but beneath the surface, cracks are widening and discontent is growing.

We’ve been alienated not only from the world, but from ourselves.

While the excesses of American policing are magnified by racism, they are also independent of it—and almost all Americans share some responsibility for our excessively punitive culture.

As the Dalai Lama turns 85, the Chinese Communist Party is stepping up its plans to control the selection of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s successor. The kidnapping of the six-year-old Panchen Lama and his family 25 years ago shows how far it is prepared to go.

Americans of all stripes are losing faith in free markets. To understand why, we can’t just look at wealth inequality—the distribution of human capital is even more important.

Sixty years later, the most portentous episode of The Twilight Zone resonates for its chilling study of paranoia and mob psychology.

The original appeal of the Declaration of Independence.

As most countries get ready to tighten their belts in the wake of COVID-19, Australia is ramping up its defense spending.

The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on transgender rights will only inflame the culture war—and transpeople may be caught in the crossfire.