Review
List of Review articles
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A photo illustration shows a fine art from with a woman in a green cocktail dress. When a Love Triangle Meets Economics
Beneath the sex, a madcap novel about an art heist lays bare the realities of globalization.
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A group of people in period costume, one holding a large bird of prey. What Happens in 14th-Century Florence Does Not Stay in 14th-Century Florence
In a Netflix adaptation, Boccaccio’s dirty “Decameron” speaks directly to the strangeness of COVID times.
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Silhouettes of undergraduates dance on a stage with a giant Chinese flag in the background. Peter Hessler’s ‘Rivers’ Have Been Damned by the Chinese Government
A sequel to the acclaimed “River Town” can’t quite find its course.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves a concert in Moscow. The Art of Punishing Putin
A new book offers a masterful glimpse into the world of economic warfare.
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Paul Nitze, an elderly man with white hair wearing a black suit, sits at a microphone at a desk. A few people are visible seated behind him. The Return of Paul Nitze—and His Dangers
For better and worse, one of America’s important grand strategists was singularly focused on military strength.
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Right extremists attend a neo-Nazi rally on June 17, 2012 in Dresden, eastern Germany, where commemorations were held to remember the uprising in 1953 in the former east German Democratic Republic. What Really Went Wrong in Eastern Germany
Both sides of formerly divided Germany share blame for the region’s turn to the far right.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during a state visit in Pyongyang on June 19, in a photo distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik. The Anti-Authoritarian Handbook
Today’s autocrats have formed a global network. Those fighting them will have to do the same.
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Basketball players Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, and Karl Malone stand in a line wearing matching U.S. flag sweatshirts and Olympic gold medals. Jordan is in the center, raising his hand and making the peace or victory sign. America Is No Longer Basketball’s Sole Superpower
Ever since the Dream Team’s unbeaten 1992 Olympic run, U.S. hegemony in men’s basketball has been under threat from European teams.
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A spinning color wheel is superimposed over the keyboard and screen of a supercomputer. The 1960s Novella That Got AI (Mostly) Right
An Italian sci-fi book buzzes with many issues that society still grapples with today.
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A photos illustration of athlete Zdenek Koubek superimposed on an intersex pride flag among the olympic rings. How Olympic Officials First Drew Gender Lines
Athletes’ complex identities were simplified by reactionary politics.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seen from behind as he salutes with his right arm, wearing a turban and tunic vest over a white long-sleeved shirt. Modi’s Long Game
New restraints on the prime minister’s mandate can’t undo his transformation of India.
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An illustration shows a series of film stills inside the Olympics rings. Streaming Films to Cure Your Olympic Fever
From awe-inspiring documentaries to a figure skating melodrama.
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Tom Hulce as Mozart performing in front of a large crowd in a screen grab from a film. ‘Amadeus,’ Back in Theaters, Is a Perfect Film
Poignant, entertaining, and bitchy, who cares that its central conflict is almost entirely made up?
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A grid of 12 book covers. Foreign Policy’s Summer Reading List
Our columnists and reporters’ top picks, from a history of China’s tattooed soldiers to an ambitious modern epic.
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Dark clouds hang over the silhouetted skylnie of London. In ‘Caledonian Road,’ the U.K. Is Living on Thin Ice
A sweeping state-of-the-nation novel fails to convince the reader.
