History

Russia’s invasion heralds the transition to a new global order—but it will be less stable than the Cold War.

With NATO expanding its focus to China, new battle lines are being drawn.

As Thucydides’s history shows, wielding power needs open debate.

Opposition to all things nuclear was the bedrock of the modern German political psyche. Then came Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Russia’s war can only be understood as a bloody post-imperial conflict.

Russian artillery is an old tradition with brutal uses.

Ian Morris’s latest pop history looks for the roots of British particularism.

King Philippe stopped short of apologizing for colonial-era atrocities, angering the Congolese opposition and diaspora.

Ironically, geopolitical strife and energy scarcity will do more for the climate than decades of ardent policies.

Beijing is confident in the United States’ decline and unwilling to rock the boat.

Russia’s war shows paying the price of decoupling now is worth it.

“Paper City” explores the forgotten firebombing of Japan’s capital.

Scolding and paternalism are not winning over African leaders when it comes to ties with Russia.

Europe’s arguments against restitution have ignored the legitimate claims of African scholars and governments for 50 years.

The war in Ukraine is prompting countries from Kazakhstan to Moldova to reexamine their colonial past and seek diplomatic allies beyond the Kremlin.

Washington has long ignored much of the world. Beijing hasn’t.

As bombs fall on Ukraine, many European governments are waking up to the sorry state of their own civil defenses.

A new book identifies—and misunderstands—the structural forces behind today’s geopolitical chaos.

The old approach of outreach and inclusion has failed. In the wake of Russia’s latest invasion, Washington must seek to erode Moscow’s power.

Fear of “historical nihilism” has haunted China’s leadership for years.