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The European Prospect (Fall Preview)
Sep 28, 2015With all the pathologies of the 1930s resurgent, Europe's experiment in economic and social union has never been more at risk.
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Our Incoherent China Policy (Fall Preview)
Sep 21, 2015The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad economics, and even worse as containment of China.
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On Realism, Old and New
Oct 29, 2014With new threats to the peace, it’s more important than ever to be clear about America’s core national interests.
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The Sensible, Risky Option
Apr 15, 2015The Iran deal is a gamble, but the best one available.
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The Liberal Uses of Power
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The French Disconnection
Aug 05, 2015Can the ideal of a secular Republic accommodate the new cultural pluralism?
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16 Million Refugees Are Not Some Other Country's Problem
May 01, 2015A Marshall Plan now is cheaper than military action to deal with collapsing states later.
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Refugee Blues
Sep 08, 2015Right-wing, anti-immigrant nationalism has been on the rise in Europe. Can EU leaders still learn from history?
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Requiem for a Storm
Feb 05, 2018The Israeli poet Haim Gouri, who died last week, made conflicted idealism into a 94-year-long work of art.
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Trump, the Globalist Plutocrat
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Is Another Youth Rebellion in the Making?
Jan 24, 2018It’s been half a century since young people around the world asserted that the times were “a-changin’.” Could another youth rebellion be in the making?
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Davos Man
Jan 23, 2018We can only imagine what Donald Trump will say when he addresses the World Economic Forum at the elite ski resort.
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How Do You Say Shithole in Norwegian?
Jan 16, 2018Norway, like the U.S., is currently facing a serious backlash against immigration.
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In Two-State, One-State, No-State, Two Is Still the Magic Number
Jan 15, 2018Trump is helping Netanyahu in making a two-state agreement harder to achieve. Neither despair nor a one-state fantasy is a reasonable liberal response.
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Germany: Can the Center Hold?
Jan 08, 2018Coalition talks between Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats and Martin Schulz’s Social Democrats have begun. Will the German center hold, or will the talks end in collapse and an end of the Merkel era?
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The End of the Line in Jerusalem
Jan 03, 2018A series of Israeli declarations undermine chances for peace—and are a direct response to Trump's decision to end America's moderating role
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The Clip That Could Convince Centrist Israelis: Occupation Duty Is Hell
Dec 22, 2017A video of soldiers refusing to respond to a Palestinian girl's taunts may succeed where harsher images have failed.
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The French Right Goes Wrong
Dec 11, 2017France’s Republican Party has chosen a new leader, Laurent Wauquiez, who did not hesitate to divide the party in order to conquer it. Now, having expelled his erstwhile comrades of the center-right, he has no alternative but to try to poach voters from the extremist Front National.
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Such a Bad Deal: Trump and Jerusalem
Dec 07, 2017In his declaration on Jerusalem, Trump showed yet again that business is no training for diplomacy.
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The Strange Case of the Insistent Suspect
Nov 27, 2017To stifle criticism of the occupation, the Israeli right uses the classic diversion of “stand by our troops.” But what happens when the criticism comes from the troops?
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When Soft Power Salutes Despots
Nov 14, 2017American diplomacy once leaned against aspiring dictators. But Trump found reasons to cozy up to Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte at this week’s ASEAN meetings.
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In the Saudi Game of Thrones, a Prince Knocks Over the House of Cards
Nov 09, 2017The young crown prince wants to end decades of power-sharing. His gambles could shake up the kingdom and the Middle East.
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My Man Martov
Nov 07, 2017On the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power, a look at the great dissident of November 7, 1917
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