The power of magical realism as a mode of storytelling is that it allows a given piece of fiction to have one foot in the real world and the other in the fantastic. Sometimes, this is subtle ...

The connotations of the word “realism” in French literature are so varied that the magnitude of the subject is even greater than appears at first sight. In its later developments realistic ...

Allowing the banking system to disintegrate was held to be unthinkable,” the late British philosopher Mark Fisher writes in his 2009 book, Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, ...

Amid digital abstraction and A.I., collectors and creators are returning to the human touch of classical realism. Luc Castel/Getty Images “It comes down to reality,” Billy Joel sings in “New ...

The central value proposition of “Warfare,” the new Iraq War film co-written and co-directed by ex-Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, is realism. On a technical level, it hits the mark.

While there's certainly a place for realism in video games, the constant drive to provide players with realistic experiences can sometimes get in the way of creativity. The large and often ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Brad Setser is the Whitney Shepardson senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former senior advisor to ...

The Climate Realism Initiative launched Monday by the Council on Foreign Relations assumes global warming will blow past internationally agreed targets and asserts that the U.S. should prepare for ...