The land of Goethe is fond of fiction, of course, which makes up 31.9 percent of total book sales. But it is non-fiction that generates the most conversation—and the most controversy.

Elia Kazan’s 1957 classic is a prescient warning about the power of demagogues, which remains all too relevant more than 60 years later.

A new book makes a strong case for a national push to spur innovation—but it fails to connect dots when it comes to the China threat.

Putin’s return to the Kremlin in 2012 blighted Russia’s chances of peaceable evolution. That will stay so while he and his inner circle hang on to power, perhaps beyond 2024. Russia and the rest of us will suffer in consequence.

The controversy over restoring Notre-Dame reflects a fallacy of the modern age: the idea that an old building becomes “inauthentic” if it is seamlessly restored.

In the heartland of Saxony, stirrings of culture war and a crack-up in the consensus about the past.

The President’s attitude toward Russia’s leader—and toward authoritarians world-wide —affords liberal internationalists the opportunity to link a defense of national security with an appeal to our highest democratic values. Democrats must lead.

What do they have in common? More than you might think.

In late June, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard asserted that “the neocons in the Trump Administration” were pushing the President to war. Here’s the thing, though: There are virtually no neocons in the Trump White House.

It’s a heavy lift, but with Pakistan’s economy in crisis, there are signs that Washington and Islamabad are moving toward a new transactional approach.