Review
List of Review articles
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An Indian soldier and Pakistani soldier shake hands. Why the India-Pakistan Rivalry Endures
A recent book emphasizes domestic politics in the conflict but doesn’t account for the depth of the impasse.
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A man dressed as a vampire walks though a hotel lobby in Salem, Massachusetts on October 1, 2022. American Horror Stories Aren’t Just Cinematic
A new history ties the genre to U.S. atrocities—not always convincingly.
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Two men in suit sit side-by-side. One is pointing past the camera. Argentina’s Junta Trial Was About More Than a Few Good Men
Relying on Hollywood clichés, “Argentina, 1985” offers a pat, sentimentalized view of history.
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The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning by Eve Fairbanks (Simon & Schuster, 416 pp., $27.99, July 2022). No Justice. No Peace.
Post-apartheid South Africa remains steeped in the “rainbow nation” ideals of reconciliation and forgiveness—but it has never truly reckoned with accountability.
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Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Robert-Caro-China-illustration Beijing’s Power Brokers Wouldn’t Surprise Robert Moses
An American classic offers fresh insights into China.
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Military aircraft is seen above plumes of spoke. The Solution to Climate Change Isn’t Demilitarization
A new book argues that the Pentagon drives carbon emissions worldwide but ignores inconvenient realities.
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An illustration for Puck magazine from 1905 shows the battle against bureaucracy. Only an Absolute Bureaucracy Can Save Us
The West will only restore its stability when civil servants are again devoted to the public rather than themselves.
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Daily Life In Bali Is Longtermism Such a Big Deal?
William MacAskill’s “What We Owe the Future” was endorsed by Elon Musk and has fueled a movement, but is it all that revolutionary, really?
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Journalists and students protest the murder of Mexican journalist Regina Martínez in 2012. The Journalist and the Murderer
A new book investigates the death of veteran Mexican crime reporter Regina Martínez Pérez—with a surprising conclusion.
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A man rests in front of a poster of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen, China. The 1980s Are Buried but Not Dead in China
A new history explores an intense period of hope, reform, and death.
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food-commodity-books-multiple The Foods That ‘Changed’ the World
What happened to all those bestselling individual food histories?
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foreign-policy-cookbooks-homepage 7 Cookbooks for Foreign-Policy Wonks
Cookbooks remind us that countries are more than their politics.
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A child glances back toward Mexico after crossing the border into the United States. Why Skills-Based Immigration Is the Best Option for America
A meticulous and groundbreaking book on immigration chronicles the history of upward mobility in the United States—but falls short as an argument against a more selective policy.
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Jared Kushner Breaking History for No Good Reason
On Middle East politics, Jared Kushner is not the disruptor he says he is.
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U.S. troops patrol the roads of the Syrian town of al-Jawadiyah. The War That Is Testing America’s Patience
A new history of the United States’ war against the Islamic State.
