Review
List of Review articles
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A Chechen fighter stands in front of a house destroyed by Russian artillery in central Grozny on Jan. 15, 1995. The Fate of the World’s Forgotten Wars
A new book raises questions about Russia’s bygone fight in Chechnya—and the future legacy of conflicts today.
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A film still from "The Battle for Kyiv." ‘The Battle for Kyiv’ Captures a Desperate Time
Oz Katerji’s film brings back the wild first weeks of war.
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This black-and-white photo shows students and faculty milling about near the front entrance of a large building fronted with limestone columns and a wide stone staircase. The man closest to the camera has just stepped onto a pathway leading onto the quad, shaded by a nearby tree. Can the U.S. Be a Great Power Without Harvard?
Trump’s attacks on American universities come as China seeks to dominate higher education.
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An illustration depicts the lead in the TV show Careme, dressed as a chef, putting a Napoleon shaped hat on a tower of desserts. He flicks whipped cream with his other hand and winks. The French TV Show That Turns Souffle Into Statecraft
“Carême” gives an international audience what it wants: rich food, lusty romps, and Napoleon.
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The book cover for The Party's Interests Come First Xi Jinping’s Family Fortunes
A new biography explores the tangled politics of a revolutionary father.
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A statue of Karl Marx wearing a red scarf on a blue background. Karl Marx’s American Boom
A new book looks at the history of the communist thinker’s reception in the capitalist United States.
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A man wearing a VR headset smiles and poses as he records himself under a large Apple logo on a store behind him. How China Captured Apple
A giant firm and a superpower have become deeply entangled.
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A black eagle on a yellow field of a flag at left with Merz in a suit and tie small at right. Can Friedrich Merz Save Conservatism?
Germany’s new chancellor is in a race to change Germany so it has a chance to remain the same.
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A man in a white suit sits among a crowd of seated migrants. The Second Life of ‘Sicario’
What a 2015 thriller about chaos on the border has to do with present-day Washington.
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A man sits with his hands clasped and one elbow on an armchair in front of a world map. Where Have All the Geostrategists Gone?
The life and meaning of Zbigniew Brzezinski.
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A group of people are silhouetted at night in front of an illuminated screen with red Chinese characters. A Thousand Ways of Being Chinese
Emily Feng’s “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom” delves into identity in Xi’s China.
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Lines of houses extend to mountains on the horizon. What Abundance Lacks
A bestselling progressive book gets its policy all wrong.
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An illustration shows a coffeepot in the center of a sea of coffee with an American hand poking out of it. In the sea of coffee are four coffee cups with various figures floating in them with spoons as oars. How Americans Learned to Love Coffee
The beginnings of a beautiful friendship.
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Viola Davis in a tank top and combat pants rushes forward while holding a gun. Behind her are bodies on the floor in a living space with a stairway in the background. Hollywood Grapples With an Unfamiliar America
Three new action movies struggle to navigate the United States’ uneasy role in the world.
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A woman at the end of a long hallway of security officers in a scene from a television series. A Polish Jason Bourne
Seven years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the Suwalki Gap gets its own thrilling spy show.
