Democracy vs. Autocracy
Who Has the Right Stuff?

Matthew Kroenig’s new book makes a strong, grounded case that democracies have clear strategic advantages over their autocratic rivals.

Techlash
What Big Tech Can Learn from the Comic Book Industry

Calls are growing on both left and right for government to rein in Big Tech. There is a better way—drawn from, of all things, the comic book industry.

The Revolution in Belarus
No Country for Simple Solutions

Getting Belarus on track will be difficult. But it must be tried.

Do Deficits Matter?
Peering into the Wild Red Yonder

Republican tax-cutting, new Democratic fiscal thinking, partisan tribalism, and our shrinking political center have made deficit hawks an endangered species on both the left and the right. Where this takes us next is anyone’s guess.

2020
The Decline of the West—New and Improved

If you liked the 1930s, you will love the 2020s. Again, it is crisis-overload: COVID, economic catastrophe, the assault on free trade, and the rise of illiberalism on the left and on the right. With the United States abdicating, who will answer the 911 calls?

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Filthy Rich
Russian Cash and Duplicity—and Our Greed and Complacency

Catherin Belton’s new book lifts the veil on Russia’s decades-long influence operations in the United States and United Kingdom.

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Political Realignment
The Center Can Hold

If there is ever to be a revival of centrist politics, its advocates must come to terms with the conditions that enabled populists to rise on the right and the left.

A Conversation with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Cleaning Up America’s Offshore Act

The Democratic Senator from Rhode Island on offshore finance, its links to global corruption, terrorism and crime, and the ways American laws and professionals are enabling them.

Free Jazz
Ornette Coleman and the Contrarian’s Lot

Being contrarian is easy. Sticking with it is the hard part, as Maria Golia’s new book on the jazz saxophonist shows.

Transition Crisis
Getting from November to January

Wargaming shows that, short of a landslide victory for Joe Biden in the upcoming elections, we may be headed for a severe constitutional crisis. Here are six strategies for averting the worst outcomes.

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