There is an eerie similarity between the Emergency and now, in terms of actors, sites of conflict, and institutions. If ...

Australia has been, and continues to be, remarkably resilient. But the fragile machinery of democracy needs some long overdue ...

I’m an editor overseeing coverage of a wide swath of the Asia-Pacific region. I generally believe that art imitates life, and ...

A collection of literary essays by prominent Polish reportage writer Mariusz Szczygieł is set to be launched this week in Britain.

The Russian people must transcend centuries of indoctrination and figure out what it means to be no longer an empire.

As "The Land of Sweet Forver" is released, reviewers have differing ideas on the impact of publishing Harper Lee’s newly discovered essays will have on her legacy.

Even Republicans are starting to voice concerns about President Donald Trump’s mental state and physical well-being. On ...

Leighton Woodhouse is a filmmaker who wants to be a historian but writes like a preacher for the coastal elite. In his New York Times essay, “The Right-Wing Myth of American Heritage,” he paints ...

In places like Uzbekistan, policymakers have doubled down on economic liberalization and internationalization despite Western narratives of global conflict and economic decoupling.

Bill Gates urges a shift from "doomsday" climate narratives to strategies that balance emissions cuts with health, ...

With 'Enshittification', Cory Doctorow explains why things really are getting worse and what could be done about it.

Kiran Desai’s surname was familiar to the world of literature when her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, won the Man ...