Review

Will the return of the European far-right be the undoing of the West?

A new diplomatic history argues that the United States, Egypt, and Israel prevented a Palestinian state from emerging. But leaders such as Yasser Arafat bear much of the blame.

A review of Prudence Bushnell’s new book on the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings.

Brussels’s new European history museum could put anyone to sleep.

The country’s far-right wants to revive ethnic nationalism. The left must come up with its own alternative.

There’s nothing wrong with today’s EU that France’s legendary 20th-century leader didn’t see coming—and didn’t try to fix when he had the chance.

Two French best-sellers draw warnings for the present from the stories of Hitler’s henchmen.

Meet the American philosopher who showed that Western politics could only move forward by first taking a step backward.

The second season of the acclaimed TV thriller “Fauda” obscures the dark realities of Israeli rule in the West Bank.

A new wave of historical dramas is telling the wrong stories about the country’s past.

What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education.

Britain’s vote to leave the EU was many years in the making.

The best-selling psychologist isn't leading young men to salvation — he's delivering them to authoritarianism.

Suki Kim's memoir about teaching in an elite North Korean school run by evangelical missionaries highlights the dangers and absurdities of life in a closed society.

Sebastian Junger’s new documentary shows war as it really is: mundane and hero-less. Will anyone want to watch it?

We play the board game in which Starfleet is a bunch of imperialist jerks.

Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.

What does the new Obama bio tell us about the president's view of the world?

Yes. And it's not that funny either.

Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.