The power of magical realism as a mode of storytelling is that it allows a given piece of fiction to have one foot in the real world and the other in the fantastic. Sometimes, this is subtle, but in ...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said the parties running in the Holyrood election did not appreciate ‘just how tough the fiscal challenges will be’.

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‘Political realism’ serves as an important frame­work for how nation-states conduct themselves to guarantee their continued existence and security. This perspective posits that the international order ...

Every informed observer of world affairs has lived through this moment: you’re explaining some international crisis to someone, and they cut straight to it — “OK, but why, really?” Why did NATO push ...

The season finale of HBO’s medical drama "The Pitt" has sparked a divide among viewers, pitting the show’s gritty medical realism against a vocal online fan base that is calling the latest plot points ...

Sarah Thomas reviews Ludwig von Mises’s Liberalism, appreciating his humane account of classical liberalism in its political and economic ideas, while recognizing challenges to his cosmopolitan ...

Centrists of the World Unite! By Adrian Wooldridge. Allen Lane; 416 pages; £25. Published in America as “The Revolutionary Centre”; Pegasus Books; $35 The 21st century has been a deflating one for ...

To understand the Middle East today, stop reading it from Washington. Read it from Tel Aviv, where the sirens are real, the threat is existential, and the debate between liberals and realists is not ...

America’s ongoing military campaign in Iran has dispelled lingering illusions about the “liberal international order”—and laid bare the power politics defining the 21st century. There are moments in ...