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A couple walk past a billboard calling for a stop to domestic violence in Beijing
A couple walk past a billboard calling for a stop to domestic violence in Beijing

Chinese Courts Want Abused Women to Shut Up

Personal and political violence are intermixed in authoritarian societies.

An undated pencil drawing depicts work on a sugar plantation in the West Indies. Black children are among the laborers working to chop sugar cane under the watchful eye of a suited white overseer wearing a hat.
An undated pencil drawing depicts work on a sugar plantation in the West Indies. Black children are among the laborers working to chop sugar cane under the watchful eye of a suited white overseer wearing a hat.

Sugar as Modern Capitalism’s Original Sin

A new book shows its history as anything but sweet.

Sunbathers under umbrellas line the beach with sailboats dotting the sea behind them in Cannes, France, on Sept. 1, 1948.
Sunbathers under umbrellas line the beach with sailboats dotting the sea behind them in Cannes, France, on Sept. 1, 1948.

How the French Riviera Got Its Glitz

Long before the Cannes Film Festival, a new book shows, the Côte d’Azur built a brand on flaunting affluence.

An illustration showing Cleopatra from the new Netflix documentary series "Queen Cleopatra," played by Black British actress Adele James.
An illustration showing Cleopatra from the new Netflix documentary series "Queen Cleopatra," played by Black British actress Adele James.

Why Netflix’s ‘Queen Cleopatra’ Has Egypt up in Arms

Western leaders and filmmakers have long denied the link between modern Egypt and its ancient heritage.

Keri Russell as Kate Wyler walks by a State Department Seal from a scene in The Diplomat, a new Netflix show about the foreign service.
Keri Russell as Kate Wyler walks by a State Department Seal from a scene in The Diplomat, a new Netflix show about the foreign service.

At Long Last, the Foreign Service Gets the Netflix Treatment

Keri Russell gets Drexel furniture but no Senate confirmation hearing.

The book covers for Jenna Smialek's Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis and Nick Timiraos' Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic—and Prevented Economic Disaster.
The book covers for Jenna Smialek's Limitless: The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis and Nick Timiraos' Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic—and Prevented Economic Disaster.

How the Fed Became Everything (and Everything Became the Fed)

Two books peel back the curtain on the central bank—but miss why it misread the economy in the wake of the pandemic.

On Savage Shores: How Native Americans Discovered Europe, Caroline Dodds Pennock, Knopf, 320 pp., $32.50, January 2023
On Savage Shores: How Native Americans Discovered Europe, Caroline Dodds Pennock, Knopf, 320 pp., $32.50, January 2023

Who Can Tell Native Stories?

A new book on Natives journeying across the Atlantic reaches the outer limits of what European-style academic research can accomplish.

Then- U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaks with Secretary of State George Shultz in the White House's Oval Office
Then- U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaks with Secretary of State George Shultz in the White House's Oval Office

How George Shultz Helped End the Cold War

The official biography of Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state reveals startling lessons for U.S. engagement today.

Italy's Benito Mussolini salutes during a public address circa 1938.
Italy's Benito Mussolini salutes during a public address circa 1938.

Italian Fascists Traded Their Black Shirts for Armani Suits

A new book shows how Mussolini’s political heirs have shaped the country’s identity.

A Likud Party election banner hanging from a building shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a caption above reading in Hebrew "Netanyahu, in another league", in  Tel Aviv on July 28, 2019.
A Likud Party election banner hanging from a building shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a caption above reading in Hebrew "Netanyahu, in another league", in Tel Aviv on July 28, 2019.

How Modi and Bibi Built a Military Alliance

India and Israel have strengthened their defense ties in recent years—but a new book makes the relationship sound more sinister than it is.

Actors Ram Charan and N.T. Rama Rao Jr. are seen in RRR.
Actors Ram Charan and N.T. Rama Rao Jr. are seen in RRR.

India’s Global Blockbusters Paint an Incomplete Picture

Online streaming is more representative of the country’s diversity but is becoming a double-edged sword.

A movie billboard poster advertises the German film "All Quiet on The Western Front" (Im Westen nichts Neues) at the Kino International movie theatre in Berlin on September 27, 2022.
A movie billboard poster advertises the German film "All Quiet on The Western Front" (Im Westen nichts Neues) at the Kino International movie theatre in Berlin on September 27, 2022.

Germany’s Oscar Nominee Isn’t Nearly German Enough

The depiction of war in “All Quiet on the Western Front” has put it far out of step with its home country.

Sanitation workers clean the exterior of the Ping An International Finance Center in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.
Sanitation workers clean the exterior of the Ping An International Finance Center in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China.

‘Money Machine’ Is Missing the Juicy Details of Chinese Banking

Weijian Shan’s new book is notable mostly for what it leaves out.

Book cover for Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Book cover for Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

What the Marvel Cinematic Universe Can Teach Us About Geopolitics

One is a fantasy with roots in World War II. The other boasts Spider-Man.

The unveiling of a bronze statue of Scottish economist, philosopher and author Adam Smith
The unveiling of a bronze statue of Scottish economist, philosopher and author Adam Smith

Why Is Adam Smith Still So Popular?

The 18th-century Scottish economist has come to play a uniquely controversial role in U.S. political and economic life.

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