FP Weekend
FP Weekend is your weekly guide to our best reviews, deep dives, and other features that take a step back from the drumbeat of the news. FP deputy editor Stefan Theil provides a curated list of essential reading on books, culture, history, and more. Delivered Saturday.
Does the United States Need a More Militant Democracy?
A political concept from the mid-20th century has never been more relevant than now. 
South Korean Women Are Powerful—and Powerless
Korean women have helped topple governments but still have trouble gaining political office.
Karl Marx’s American Boom
A new book looks at the history of the communist thinker’s reception in the capitalist United States.
The Secret Newspapers That Helped Defeat Fascism
The women behind Italy’s underground press during World War II offer important lessons for democracies today.
How FDR Invented National Security
A presidential speech in 1937 marked an unexpected turn in U.S. strategic thought.
The West Is Strong—and in Sequins
Eurovision has never been a bigger party or more political.
How China Captured Apple
A giant firm and a superpower have become deeply entangled.
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.
Do Good Fences Actually Make Good Neighbors?
The number of border walls worldwide has surged since the end of the Cold War.
The Meaning of the First Augustinian Pope
Pope Leo’s politics will be shaped less by his American nationality than his tradition of Catholic thought.
How Much Power Does the Aga Khan Have, Really?
The billionaire Muslim leader is a religious figure—and a global powerbroker.
The Second Life of ‘Sicario’
What a 2015 thriller about chaos on the border has to do with present-day Washington.
Where Have All the Geostrategists Gone?
The life and meaning of Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Elon Musk Was Donald Trump’s Useful Idiot
It’s looking increasingly likely that the world’s richest man got played.
The Long History of U.S.-Canada War Plans
An unthinkable conflict has been gamed out surprisingly often.