In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.

Bi Haibo and Mark Aylwin Thomas are joined by Andrew Hicks, a member of the council of the Society for Anglo-Chinese ...

Trump, a dealmaker and opportunist more than a statesman, might shrug off his more hawkish Middle East advisers and just pursue a deal that would appease the isolationists.

Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and ...

Bookish was originally intended as a novel. Its journey to screen came after Jo McGrath and Walter Iuzzolino, from Eagle Eye ...

One-party rule by Ulster unionists, Watkins writes, left Catholics with “few jobs, poor housing and threadbare resources.” In ...

Shane recommends reading Bewilderment, by Richard Powers, a novel that is “freighted with insight, dread, hope, and often a ...

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The WSJ Dollar Index was down 0.8% to 99.63 — lower for three consecutive trading days.

President Donald Trump’s latest move to restrict Chinese investment in strategic areas shows the president may be even more aggressive than ever toward the U.S. rival in his second term.

"Although it will take time for the necessary agency and regulatory actions necessary to implement the policy, Trump 2.0 is taking an even more hawkish approach to China as he did in his first ...

Why do different liberal and conservative political opinions so often go together? What is the theme that can be heard throughout many different variations?