Review
List of Review articles
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A black-and-white photo of soldiers in trench coats and hats read newspapers. Americans Have Never Wanted the Truth
A new history of fakery in U.S. journalism shows the public has always had an appetite for fake news.
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Main character Yusuke Kafuku leans against his red car as supporting character Misaki Watari sits behind the wheel. ‘Drive My Car’ Could Change Japanese Cinema Forever
The Japanese film is up for an Academy Award at this year’s Oscars.
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Mahatma Gandhi In Paris Once Upon a Time, India Inspired the World
What today’s India can learn from the foreigners who once fought for its cause.
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A topshot from a video game, in a sandy area with multiple soldiers. A Shiny (and Wrong) Vision of Roman Imperialism
“Expeditions: Rome” tries to be accurate, but it’s all surface.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters march down Fifth Avenue on May 1, 2012 in New Does Inequality Provoke Populism?
A new book argues that economic unfairness is more important than unequal incomes—but only redistributive policies can restore social mobility.
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Flowers and photographs lay at a democracy statue in Hong Kong. Nathan Law’s Lesson for Democracies
The exiled Hong Kong activist makes a case for fighting global authoritarianism in a new book.
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The quiet atmosphere of a street in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, in 1954 before the upheaval of the June 18 coup. The Harsh Price of U.S. Profit in Latin America
Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel “Harsh Times” is an acid denunciation of corporate interests’ role in establishing U.S. power.
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A young South Sudanese soldier stands guard during a military parade at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba. The Lost Boys Weren’t Lost. They Were Stolen.
A new book details how South Sudan’s founders forcibly conscripted tens of thousands of children.
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A preservationist cleans around a painting of the Founding Fathers at the U.S. Capitol. Party Animals
New books assessing democracy suggest how to fix things—but it’s complicated.
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Robert Fisk and Lara Marlowe in a burning Kuwait oil field in 1991. Love in a Time of War
Lara Marlowe chronicles an impossible romance against the backdrop of war and journalism.
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The cross for Christianity, the Star of David for Judaism and the crescent moon for Islam The Two-State Solution Is Dead—and Liberal Zionists Can’t Save It
The book “Haifa Republic” is a noble effort to salvage a worldview that no longer has anything to offer.
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From left: French philosophers Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Gilles Deleuze. How Leftist Theory Stopped Making Sense
Progressive thinkers tried to explain ever more of the world—and found themselves explaining nothing at all.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in “Don't Look Up” ‘Don’t Look Up’ Peddles Climate Catastrophism as a Morality Tale
Adam McKay’s allegory of climate change revels in a misguided understanding of science.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the United Nations. Profiling Modi’s India
A recent book shows how threats to democracy were apparent from the prime minister’s earliest beginnings.
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Best-games-2021-that-explain-the-world-foreign-policy-Games 5 Games That Explain The World
From the Islamic Revolution in Tehran to fuzzy animals playing counterinsurgents, these board and video games are inspired by foreign relations.
