Yale University Press

Japan’s updated vision for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP), outlined by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Vietnam, emphasizes economic security, AI-driven economic infrastructure, resilient supply chains, and maritime security. Building on former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s original FOIP strategy, Japan’s government is deepening ties with Southeast Asia—especially Vietnam—...

André Levinson’s La Danse d’aujourd’hui (1929) is the richest of the the three French books of dance criticism published by him during his lifetime, and arguably the most important of them. This elaborate new English edition, titled Dance Today, is the first complete one to appear in any language since 1929. We asked John Goodman, its translator and editor, ...

Jieun Baek examines how loyalty functions in North Korea not as private belief, but as a compulsory public performance. Through rituals like self-criticism sessions, citizens—and especially elites—must continually display emotional devotion to the regime through speech, behavior, and appearance. Baek introduces the concept of “feign fealty”, which are outward performances of ...

We live in an age flooded with information, yet we are starved of trust. Distraction, disinformation, and identity-driven division erode our shared humanity. James K.A. Smith argues this is not just a cultural or technological problem but a spiritual one, and more knowledge won’t fix it. Instead, we need a shift from information to wisdom—cultivated through contemplation, sil...

Listen to Alyce Mahon, author of Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World, and Mark Polizzotti, author of Why Surrealism Matters, have a wide-ranging conversation about the history of Surrealism with a particular focus on American artist Dorothea Tanning.

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