FP Weekend

His administration failed Ukraine at almost every turn, shaping the war to this day.

Michael McFaul wants more democracy promotion. Is now the time?

“Left-Handed Girl,” Taiwan’s Oscar hopeful, offers a multifaceted view of women learning to live beyond shame.

“The Things You Kill” explores the pitfalls of masculinity in modern-day Turkey.

Plus, more international fiction releases in December.

Beijing’s continued economic growth depends on a fragile balance of control and freedom.

Treats and treasures from around the world.

The idea of a cohesive West is fading, but a new book finds that the concept endures.

Even imagining a potential Chinese invasion of the island has become a political act.

Under Trump 2.0, a new book by policymaking heavyweights is an exercise in absurdity.

From medieval Europe to the Trump era, life really does imitate art.

Julia Ioffe’s new feminist history of Russia offers important lessons for the West.

Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” shows how we’re still catching our breath from “Breathless.”

Beijing finds itself in a precarious geopolitical position.

Netflix’s “Death by Lightning” is a reminder that heroic individuals can emerge in trying hours.