Hollywood's romance with China may be breaking up. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
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The uninspiring side of Marvel Studio's Afro-futurist utopia.
How the “Xi change” in China is causing an invisible earthquake.
Netflix's clever Black Mirror. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
This article appeared in: Volume XVIII, Number 2, Spring 2018
The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times… read more...
Five discomfiting aspects of the media spectacle that now accompanies every mass shooting.
Five discomfiting aspects of the media spectacle that now accompanies every mass shooting.
Ken Burn's The Vietnam War does not take sides. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
A lesson from Nigeria, on balancing the blessings of modernity and the celebration of an ancestral past.
The gradual, deadly constriction of freedom in one small country.
Digital omniscience meets “the crooked timber of humanity.”
Disney is hardly alone in groveling before the gates of the Middle Kingdom.
The campus free speech wars aren’t the only threat to American higher education.
Detroit rips open old wounds. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
The Trump presidency is giving Americans a crash course in civics. Are we capable of sharing the lessons with the world?
What the critics get wrong about RFE-RL’s Persian language news service, Radio Farda.
Dignity, not celebrity. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
VOA’s alleged mishandling of a Chinese insider’s interview shouldn’t overshadow the important work done by it and the other U.S. government-sponsored broadcasters.
And why some limits on speech are not only good but even necessary for a free society.
(Co-authored with Jeffrey Gedmin)
A memo to the new CEO of U.S. international media.
The Young Pope is a dazzling work of art. Part of the Shadow Play article series.
Why is the President-elect so good at getting the media to chase their own tails?
How Westerners misunderstand the Eurasian drift of former Soviet republics like Moldova.
The problem with our media isn’t “fake news.” It’s the absence of meaningful contexts for interpretation.