How Iran prepares successors to successors, with the system being built to withstand the shock of individual losses.

Accordingly, the Global Times has launched the "Q&A on China's Economy" column to publish opinion pieces to present facts and ...

It’s important to poke the hornet’s nest from time to time and give myself and my readers the opportunity to test our ...

Antigone” gave us the original “bad girl,” but its themes go beyond that. How do adaptations keep making Sophocles’ ideas ...

Not argument as mere disagreement, still less as rhetorical combat, but as a disciplined, structured, and socially sanctioned ...

Marie-Eve (not her real name) doesn't know what to think anymore. After years of trying to make sense of her intense ...

While coping ahead is a helpful strategy for managing worry, dreading ahead causes a host of problems. Individuals can ...

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers what’s ‘realistic’ in what we read v what we watch ...

Stripping away the gaudy veneer of the US "freedom" and "democracy" reveals a predatory essence that treats the world as its ...

Understanding what the US spends to treat mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) is important for understanding spending patterns and informing health policy. In this study, we determined ...

A reflective account of collapsing nuclear treaties, fading global norms, and the quiet rise of impunity in international ...

Utopian and Scientific is a condensed and accessible account of the historical development of socialism.  It outlines the ...