A Story of Leadership and Fatal Missed Opportunity
A review of Prudence Bushnell’s new book on the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings.
Night at the Museum
Brussels’s new European history museum could put anyone to sleep.
Germany’s Return of the Repressed
The country’s far-right wants to revive ethnic nationalism. The left must come up with its own alternative.
The European Union Needs Its Own Charles de Gaulle
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.
Les Monstres Among Us
Two French best-sellers draw warnings for the present from the stories of Hitler’s henchmen.
Who’s Afraid of Judith Shklar?
Meet the American philosopher who showed that Western politics could only move forward by first taking a step backward.
The Occupation as Entertainment
The second season of the acclaimed TV thriller “Fauda” obscures the dark realities of Israeli rule in the West Bank.
German TV Is Sanitizing History
A new wave of historical dramas is telling the wrong stories about the country’s past.
The Arab World’s Star Student
What Tunisia can teach its neighbors about the value of education.
The Long Road to Brexit
Britain’s vote to leave the EU was many years in the making.
Thus Spoke Jordan Peterson
The best-selling psychologist isn't leading young men to salvation — he's delivering them to authoritarianism.
K Is for Kim Jong Un
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.
You Can’t Handle The Truth
Sebastian Junger’s new documentary shows war as it really is: mundane and hero-less. Will anyone want to watch it?
To Boldly Go Across the Hexagonal Board
We play the board game in which Starfleet is a bunch of imperialist jerks.
Gorging on Investment, Choking on Red Tape
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.
Dreams from David Maraniss
What does the new Obama bio tell us about the president's view of the world?
Is The Dictator Racist?
Yes. And it's not that funny either.
The Ravenous Dragon and the Fruits of Adversity
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.
Girl Power and the Fragility Trap
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.
Is al Qaeda Still Relevant?
As another 9/11 anniversary approaches, a new film looks backward at the rise of al Qaeda -- and one man's struggle to understand it.
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