Historian Will Durant observed that peace is an unstable equilibrium which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power. War is a constant of human history and human nature and ...

A history of modern Afghanistan, seen through the lens of Kabul's Intercontinental hotel.

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From the Boston Symphony Orchestra's all John Williams program to the conductorless A Far Cry's "Appalachian Spring" concert, ...

The Russian filmmaker discusses his biopic on the Russian poet, the nature of dissidents, and the heightened poetics of his ...

He has been in exile for nearly 50 years. His father, Iran’s shah, was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in ...