Review

What hidden messages are there in these sultry hits from the likely next U.S. secretary of state?

The French Senegalese writer David Diop revises the modernist archetype with a protagonist long excluded from World War I literature: the African soldier on the front lines.

The former U.S. president frankly assesses foreign leaders he met—and many fail to earn his esteem.

S. Jaishankar’s “The India Way” is a rare book by a sitting foreign minister.

In a new book, Fareed Zakaria draws some hard but unavoidable conclusions about dealing with future viruses.

The 35th president grew up wealthy, privileged, callow—and extremely sensitive to the weakness of others.

Apple TV+ premieres series by the director of “Homeland” that captivated Israelis this summer.

Why Pankaj Mishra sees the ideology’s limits more clearly than its most powerful fans.

The bestselling book “Caste” brilliantly frames racial hierarchies in the United States but largely ignores the horrors of India’s caste structure.

The TV drama “Ertugrul” reveals how neo-Ottoman fantasies are finding an enthusiastic audience in a country that struggles with Saudi and Western influence.

‘Under Beijing’s Shadow’ lays out in compelling detail how China is working to dominate the region.

The most persuasive portrait of Angela Merkel’s decision-making five years ago is featured in a new television film.

“The Madman Theory” hands Trump a foreign-policy report card.

Anne Applebaum wants to understand rising illiberalism but is clinging to a Cold War moral framework that no longer applies.

A murder mystery is an indictment of Australia’s draconian immigration policy that has left many legitimate asylum-seekers detained, deported, or dead.

A historian explores how Beijing has tackled its statistical woes over the years.

A new book advances a robust defense of the U.S. system of alliances. A post-pandemic world requires adaptation and renewed coordination against common threats.

Megha Majumdar’s bestselling novel “A Burning” begins with a train in flames. But what really gets torched is the Indian Dream.

An important new book details the carefully calculated rise of a modern-day tsar.

The former national security advisor wrote a book about an ignorant president—but refuses to learn anything himself.

Catastrophes like the pandemic or the president shape the past as much as the future.

“Burn-In” fascinated and scared me as a cop, spy, writer, and citizen.

Former British Prime Minister Theresa May’s top advisor wants to remake conservatism. Instead he’s written a rousing defense of Little England xenophobia.

A rare book treats the region’s residents as empowered individuals who can shape their collective future, rather than portraying them as geopolitical pawns.

A new book chronicles the Faustian bargain that Russians—from holy men to human rights activists—have made with Vladimir Putin’s government.

As the government cracks down on Holocaust remembrance, the country’s Jewish art scene is thriving like never before.

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has disbanded Africa’s largest political party in an effort to reinvent the country’s politics—but some powerful players stand to lose, and they won’t go quietly.