Theory

A close reading of the philosophical career, and influence, of France’s most ridiculed public intellectual.

A new book explains why some nations rise and others don’t.

It’s been a difficult and dizzying few months for Turkey—which is just the way the president likes it.

The latest poorly defined buzzword in Washington is leading pundits and policymakers down a dangerous path.

The question is who gets to write the codes—and whether the United States will live up to its own.

Since they were labeled an extremist group in 2017, more than 400 have been charged or convicted.

The decline of Israeli democracy holds lessons for the United States.

A misguided theory of great-power competition will only lead to grief.

The United States needs to show it can make a cleaner world than China’s.

And that spells trouble for liberal democracy and Beijing’s relations with Washington.

The anti-establishment bad boys of years past are changing their stripes—maybe.

Ten years after entering Syria’s civil war, Tehran is using religion to make its influence there permanent.

There are two possible outcomes of U.S.-China competition—but Washington should prepare for the more turbulent one.

Around the world, political leaders have amassed power by weakening their parties, and democracy may never recover.

Arab countries are increasingly competing to deepen ties with their former enemy.

An investigation into the suppression of protests discovered the widespread use of Russian weapons.

We urgently need a global ethical consensus on how far technological advances can go.

False realities have been part of the U.S. political scene for decades.

Rwanda’s president once welcomed the Hollywood film. His recent attacks on the movie and its protagonist show that his government cannot handle dissent.

Bill Burns, a veteran diplomat, will helm the spy agency in an era of renewed great-power competition.