Review

A new book looks at the China challenge for the United States—and China itself.

Two new memoirs by Samantha Power and Susan Rice show how idealists became insiders—and what was lost along the way.

The Spanish government just moved a step closer to disinterring the remains of Francisco Franco. But as the country heads for yet another election, a new book shows that voters have other priorities.

The battle over the country’s future is being waged one TV screen—and smartphone—at a time.

A new translation of Arthur Koestler’s classic dystopian novel reveals what’s relevant to our age—and what isn’t.

Around the world, political freedom isn’t just slipping away—it’s getting dragged down by fervent enemies.

A newly translated novel portrays the European Union’s search for meaning as a historical reckoning—and a comedy of manners.

China and the United States have drastically different visions for autonomous transportation.

Richard Holbrooke was a symbol of his country’s promise as a superpower—and its decline.

David Shulman’s diaries of resisting the Israeli occupation show the limits of activism in the face of rampant dispossession and despair.

Hotel Mumbai is a tale of courage. It is also a worrying reminder of India’s security flaws.

A glitz and glam song competition turns political.

A slate of new releases reexamine gender in conflict.

Jia Zhangke’s "Ash Is Purest White," socially critical yet officially sanctioned, strikes a middle path for Chinese cinema.

La perturbadora elegancia del blanco y negro

Alfonso Cuarón’s masterpiece may be Oscar worthy, but it fails to address the problems of Latin American households.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has tried to keep the Islamist group in check, but the situation in Gaza is as unstable as ever.

In Capernaum, Nadine Labaki finds a new way for film to deal with poverty.

A new video game captures the anxiety of Chinese parenting.

1,200 newly translated poems from Bertolt Brecht offer an unexpected survival guide for difficult times.

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.

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.

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

The Obama staffer's memoirs depict an administration that wanted to change history, but never got past managing crises.

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.