The veteran Israeli filmmaker hits a wall while lamenting the broad concept of war. Through staged scenes of battles from antiquity (one of which appears to be the First Jewish-Roman War), Gitai paves ...

Richard Overy is an accomplished British historian of World War II. His “Why War?” is a brisk and wide-ranging survey of the academic literature since Einstein wrote to Freud. Mr. Overy explains our ...

Ukrainian rescue personnel operate at the site of a heavily damaged residential building following Russian air strike in the city of Ternopil, on Nov. 20, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the global energy transition and net-zero emissions. As war rages on in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and Congo, the world’s ...