In his acceptance speech for the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature, Mario Vargas Llosa, who died on April 13 at the age of 89, noted that he learned from French...

In early April, Ukraine’s leadership quietly began taking preliminary steps toward holding new elections, presumably in the event of a cease-fire. “We see lots of signs of activity at headquarters,”...

U.S. President Donald Trump maintains a hostile relationship with expertise. His disdain has been on full display as he dismissed warnings from a majority of economists about implementing widespread tariffs....

In the coming weeks, Flash Points will have a new name: The Reading List. Expect continued curated guides to the best articles in the magazine. Each Sunday, I’ll take you...

It is rare that we can watch the unfolding of a global economic downturn with such precision as we can today. With a 145 percent U.S. tariff on China and...

Emboldened by Columbia University’s recent capitulation to a series of sweeping government demands, U.S. President Donald Trump is weaponizing vast sums of federal funding against a growing number of universities. ...

Since U.S. President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs on countries around the world, the United States has experienced a stock market crash, a bond market crash, a blizzard...

Among the many oddities of the new U.S. approach to the Russian-Ukrainian war is the assumption that early elections in Ukraine could be helpful or even decisive in ending the...

China loves chandeliers. Every banquet room in China has at least one, usually as huge and shiny as possible. Like the caryatids that decorate the front gates of upmarket housing...

What do you with former friends who end up on the dark side, who espouse political views that are anathema to you? It has never been an easy question to...