Review
List of Review articles
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A grid of six photos atop a map background of Paris. Images from left show two men, one with a saxophone; a man and woman overlooking the Seine; a man and woman in hats dancing; a man and woman walking on a night street; a shirtless man and a woman in a hat with her head in her hands; a man on a Paris rooftop. The Americans Before Emily in Paris
From Gene Kelly to Harrison Ford, here are nine movies you can stream set in the City of Lights.
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A crowd of people at Oktoberfest reach for a beer. Beer Glorious Beer
From “bitter horse piss” to the gruit ale revival, a new book attempts to account for changing tastes.
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A portrait of Nate Silver in a circle atop a green background with poker chips falling. ‘On the Edge’ Puts Its Bets in the Wrong Places
Nate Silver offers a disjointed paean to gambling and venture capitalists.
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Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War, Raj M. Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff, Scribner, 336 pp., $30, July 2024. Silicon Valley Hasn’t Revolutionized Warfare—Yet
The Pentagon is warming up to commercial technologies, but it has a long way to go.
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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.
