FP Weekend

Silence on the official history of 1939 to 1945 has led to a flowering of creative interpretations.

From the Habsburgs to modern Washington, anxiety underlies empire.

In the long Asian wars, being the victor in 1945 meant little.

For centuries, French leaders have used the iconic museum to cement their place in the world. Macron is no different.

What’s emerging is not yet a new consensus. But neither is it as incoherent as current rhetoric would have you believe.

History offers painful lessons for Trump’s expansionist desires.

Kwame Nkrumah’s life demonstrates that the end of colonial rule in Africa is central to modern history.

A renowned director quietly probes life under Erdogan.

A cynical realism resonates today, but there is a model for fusing power and values.

How the agency’s program to circulate banned books helped take down the Iron Curtain.

After more than a decade of exile, locals are finally coming home.

The dog days of summer, from an 18th-century English village to modern-day Tbilisi.

An anti-corruption campaign is chilling consumption.

Examples from non-Western history offer more promising precedents for the end of U.S. hegemony.

In a newly translated collection, the Japanese German author probes what it means to live between languages.