Brought up in India, educated at Oxford and Harvard, Mr. MacFarquhar has traveled extensively in Asia and for several years has written books and articles on China and Asian Communism.

With fewer men willing to fight, Russia is focusing on cash incentives for those who sign up, seeking to avoid an unpopular ...

The moral question animating Larissa MacFarquhar's Stranger's Drowning is less one of right and wrong — 'What should I do?' — than of scale: 'When can I stop?' This advertisement has not ...

Donald J. Trump has said he would transform America’s relationship with allies and adversaries. He has pledged to end the war ...

Heather MacFarquhar is the principal of Metis Consulting, an independent management consultancy which provides services and expertise across Australia in the areas of organisational development and ...

A detailed reading list will be issued at the start of the course, but the following survey texts are essential: W G Beasley, The Rise of Modern Japan; P Duus (Ed), The Cambridge History of Japan: The ...

The photographer Anna Fox and the painter Chantal Joffe review Julia Margaret Cameron at the V and A and the journalist, Larissa MacFarquhar talks to Anne McElvoy about altruism. Show more Anne ...

There are large signing bonuses, fat monthly salaries and what Russians call 'coffin money,' a substantial payment to the ...

Reflecting on school days filled with detentions, an unlikely alumni award nomination leads to a humorous and ironic look back.