Review
Broke in Beirut
In Capernaum, Nadine Labaki finds a new way for film to deal with poverty.
Press ‘A’ to Study Harder
A new video game captures the anxiety of Chinese parenting.
Poetry for the Masses
1,200 newly translated poems from Bertolt Brecht offer an unexpected survival guide for difficult times.
Germany’s New Politics of Cultural Despair
Will the return of the European far-right be the undoing of the West?
Did Camp David Doom the Palestinians?
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 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.
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