Why Kim Jong-un Is Not Crazy
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Miniature nukes, where to find value, Caesar v. Pompey, and more.
August 9, 2017
Immunotherapy, counterinsurgency, Gallipoli, and more
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Immunotherapy, counterinsurgency, Gallipoli, and more.
August 1, 2017
Russian Beauty: On Anna Karenina
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What makes Tolstoy's novel so powerful? A translator explains.
Vol 2, No 2 / April 28, 2016
Sight Unseen: New Tech and Old Texts
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A computer scientist who solves antiquarian mysteries talks about the future of the past.
Vol 2, No 2 / April 28, 2016
Lear's Shadow: Shakespeare and the Modern World
An Interview with James Shapiro
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One of the leading experts on the Bard explains why Lear is his greatest play -- and why you should see it staged.
Vol 2, No 1 / March 2, 2016
It's Complicated: Dennis Ross's Doomed to Succeed
By Sam Munson
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A new book sheds light on the U.S.-Israel relationship and argues that it may be less of a problem in the Middle East than is believed.
Vol 1, No 6 / December 11, 2015
Nothing Beside Remains: "Ozymandias" and Impermanence
By Percy Bysshe Shelly
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One of the great works of English Romanticism holds a truth all leaders need to know.
Vol 1, No 6 / December 11, 2015
Impossible Dreams: Don Quixote at 400
By Ilan Stavans
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An critic makes the case for the novel as a guide to self-knowledge and an exploration of radical possibility.
Vol 1, No 5 / October 5, 2015
In His Time: The Modernist Ernest Hemingway
By Amanda Vaill
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The American literary master may have written his purest and best book as a young man in Paris.
Vol 1, No 3 / May 28, 2015
