List of Culture articles
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- "Kristen Stewart" Episode 1717 -- Pictured: (l-r) Alec Baldwin as President Donald J. Trump, Mikey Day as advisor Steve Bannon during the Oval Office Cold Open on February 4th, 2017 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC) Laughing All the Way to Autocracy
Jokes can stop a society’s slide into dictatorship — but not if they focus on the vanities and quirks of the would-be dictators.
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FORT DODGE, IA - NOVEMBER 12: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks about his book during a campaign stop at Iowa Central Community College on November 12, 2015 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The stop comes on the heals of Tuesday's eight-candidate Republican debate in Milwaukee where a national poll of viewers declared Trump the winner. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s Assault on the Enlightenment
The new administration is looking to cut federal funding for arts and humanities education. It’s not cost savings; it’s an attack on reason itself.
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play in the aMAZEme labyrinth made from books at The Southbank Centre on July 31, 2012 in London, England. Brazilian artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo used 250,000 books to create the maze which will be on display until August 25, 2012. What Foreign Policy Staff Read in 2016
Writers and editors share some of the best books they read this year.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Foreign Policy Wonk’s Best Songs of 2016
From Filipino folk to Ukrainian pop to the Rolling Stones, it was a turbulent political year, with a soundtrack to match.
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US President Barack Obama speaks with children dressed as elves, who are or were patients at Children's National Medical Center as they present donated gifts to the Obamas to give to children at the hospital, as they attend a taping of TNT's Christmas in Washington at the National Building Museum in Washington on December 15, 2013. The annual event, hosted by actor Hugh Jackman, features performances by the Backstreet Boys, Anna Kendrick, Sheryl Crow, Janelle Monae and Pat Monahan, and airs on the TNT television network on December 20. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Last-Minute Gifts for Wonks: 2016 Edition
Here are some gifts from around the world, fit for even the most insatiable global affairs glutton.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Christmas, Watch These Classic European Holiday Flicks (and Home Alone)
Want a break from Love Actually? Try Six Degrees of Celebration.
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HAVANA. On the shore of the morro, a former military fort constructed during Spanish colonial times. Night Creatures
Out of work, Cuban youth revel after dark in Havana's underground electronic music scene.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Godspeed, John Glenn. God Help Us, America.
The passing of a hero reminds us of a time when America’s leaders and aspirations inspired us.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Farewell to the Writer-in-Chief
As a man of letters gives way to one barely literate, does politics have any place for literature anymore?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Myth of Chaebol Exceptionalism
Everyone wants to blame South Korea’s incestuous business culture for the recent failures of its massive conglomerates. But that’s not the reason they’re in a funk.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Wait Is Finally Over: Chechen Leader Picks New Protege in ‘The Apprentice’-style Reality TV Show Finale
Ignore the corruption or human rights abuse allegations. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov wants you to know he’s a really great guy, and he’s got a reality show to prove it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Army officer reviews ‘Hacksaw Ridge’: A good story but much unneeded carnage
Mel Gibson is back on a redemption tour.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch: Duterte’s Karaoke Performance Is Most Definitely the Wind Beneath Our Wings
But he should probably stick to his day job.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Vladimir Putin Takes His Bromance with Steven Seagal to the Next Level
In what promises to be a watershed moment for U.S.-Russia relations, the Kremlin just granted Steven Seagal Russian citizenship.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Politics Are on Exhibit at Migration Museums, Not History
Museums around the world are now trying to teach the virtues of immigration. But their simplistic stories do citizens a disservice.
