Unpacking the murky motives for Xi Jinping’s Chinese revolution.

At the heart of the unrest in France is a blackout of rational thinking—and it’s driving the country to destruction.

We live in perilous times. A domestic constitutional crisis that looks ever-more likely would unfold in a global context of profound turbulence and instability.

Barring a Trump bow out or a Democratic misstep in the primary, 2020 is likely to be even worse for the GOP than 2018.

The heroic actions, and difficult editorial decisions, undertaken by the Bosnian newspaper Oslobođenje during the siege of Sarajevo illustrate an important truth: Objectivity is not neutrality.

Bruno Maçães’s new book is a masterful overview of China’s Belt and Road project—and a disturbing portrait of things to come.

Democracy skeptics are getting a wider hearing than ever these days. But on five crucial issues that ail us, the evidence shows that some democracies do better while almost all non-democracies do not.

Robert Kagan’s The Jungle Grows Back might be one of the most revealing foreign policy books of 2018. Its greatest value isn’t in its prescriptions, however, but rather in the fact that it stumbles upon a deeper truth about our current moment.

As Nicaragua’s crackdown on protestors enters a decisive phase, U.S. policy should aim to deepen the rift between the ruling couple and push for early elections.

A new book explores the artwork of Winston Churchill, and finds surprising resonances between his artistic legacy and his political one.