Review
List of Review articles
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A man wearing a harness floats in a spacecraft. ‘Project Hail Mary’ and the Politics of Science Fiction
Even the most entertaining tale carries a political message.
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A photo illustration of Elizabeth Bathory, a castle, and a butcher's knife. The Real Origin of the World’s Most Famous Female Serial Killer
A new book explores the geopolitical scheming that created the blood countess legend.
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Adam Scott as Ohm Bauman in Hokum. ‘Hokum’ Is Haunted by Ireland’s Dark History
A new horror film reckons with the country’s buried sins—and the women erased by them.
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The shells of midrise residential buildings covered in scaffolding rise up against a clear blue sky. In the foreground are colorful tents and booths of vendors lining a street, where cars and vans pass by. Can Africa Follow Asia’s Development Model?
An economics writer known for his work on Asia turns his eye toward the fastest-growing continent.
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An illustration shows three people in a small wooden boat on a turbulent sea, facing a massive whale that is partially transparent, revealing its skeleton. One person in the boat holds an oar, another holds a harpoon, and a third watches the whale with a hand on their head. Decolonizing ‘Moby-Dick’
Literature’s obsessive quest for anti-canonical adaptations pursues the white whale at its peril.
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An up-close portion of the Riverwalk apartment building is pictured as gray clouds loom to the left. Did London’s Dirty Money Really Kill a Teenage Fantasist?
Patrick Radden Keefe’s “London Falling” is a mystery that turns into a tragedy.
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Mikhail Gorbachev, wearing a dark overcoat and patterned scarf, smiles as he tips his gray fedora toward Ronald Reagan. Reagan is seen from behind in the foreground, wearing a dark suit. The two leaders are standing on a light-colored gravel path next to a black car. The Charisma Wars
Why personality now trumps policy in global politics.
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A map of Turkey in Asia with an orange line outlining imagined borders of the Ottoman Empire. What if the Ottomans Survived?
Recent scholarship shows the promise—and limits—of a historical path not taken.
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A blonde woman stands in an aisle between two rows of pharmacy shelves filled with medications. Her arms are outstretched to touch the shelves on either side. In Defense of the Hive Mind
Vince Gilligan’s “Pluribus” asks whether an AI-led society would really be that bad.
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A man looks out over the Volga River during a storm in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Russia’s River of Consciousness
An undercover journalist travels the Volga to catch a glimpse of life under Putin.
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A man in armor and a sword stands with a crowd watching him in the background. The United States of Westeros
“A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” like its predecessor series, offers a prescient glimpse into contemporary politics.
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Putin stands among reservists in combat gear. The Follies of Predicting War
A new book debates who wins wars and why.
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A man in a grey suit with his hands in his pockets walks down a street, with a storefront in the background. Sex, Liberation, and Obsession in 1970s Istanbul
“The Museum of Innocence” is a nostalgic and unnerving adaptation of Orhan Pamuk’s work.
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A man in a pink shirt, holding a camera, smiles in front of a poster of Putin. In Putin’s Russia, Resistance Is Lonely
This year’s Oscar winner for best documentary offers an intimate view of Russia’s descent into fascism.
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A woman in a headscarf holding a bunch of red roses smiles andn points at the camera from the back of a taxi. 5 Streaming Movies to Help Understand Iran Now
Many of these filmmakers have found themselves scrutinized by government censors, leading to arrests and imprisonment.
