Europe’s arguments against restitution have ignored the legitimate claims of African scholars and governments for 50 years.
A striking new translation of Chinese fairy tales shows a shared folkloric tradition.
In his new book, the billionaire philanthropist focuses on technical solutions but ignores politics.
Asia gets the attention, but the real economic revolution is the inevitable growth of an overlooked continent.
Stanislav Aseyev’s “In Isolation” depicts the absurd brutality of military rule in the Donbas.
A new book identifies—and misunderstands—the structural forces behind today’s geopolitical chaos.
Two books take very different approaches on the past and future of engagement.
Two new works of Chinese government propaganda meet with very different reactions from viewers.
The success of France’s most famous novelist has less to do with art and knowledge than anxiety and rock ’n’ roll.
Journalists have written the “first rough draft of history,” but now it is historians’ turn to assess a most unconventional presidency.
A new history of fakery in U.S. journalism shows the public has always had an appetite for fake news.
The Japanese film is up for an Academy Award at this year’s Oscars.
What today’s India can learn from the foreigners who once fought for its cause.
Expeditions: Rome tries to be accurate, but it’s all surface.
A new book argues that economic unfairness is more important than unequal incomes—but only redistributive policies can restore social mobility.