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Singapore the Improbable Part II
The Puzzle of Singapore
Adam Garfinkle

Capitalist para-democracy with Chinese characteristics? Non-socialist social corporatism? Illiberal-democratic liberalism? The characteristics that make Singapore improbable are themselves an improbable combination of characteristics.

 Published: 2019-11-21 15:23:53
 
After The Wall
Three Reichs and You’re Out
Josef Joffe

German overreach, which once brought untold misery to Europe, has turned into underreach, which does not nourish stability in troubling times.

 Published: 2019-11-12 13:28:22
 
30 Years After Communism
Look Forward, Not Back
Dalibor Rohac

Liberal self-flagellation over the supposed failure of post-communist transitions is pointless—and even worse, counterproductive and dangerous.

 Published: 2019-11-11 15:44:19
 
No Defense At All
Impeachable Offenses Are Not Necessarily Crimes
Adam Garfinkle

Two things are true: Trump’s defenders are disingenuous when they talk about criminality when arguing against impeachment. And our society’s sense of what is properly criminal has been severely degraded in recent times.

 Published: 2019-11-08 16:24:59
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Four Theories of Modern China
Asian Futures
What really drives China today—is it Xi Jinping himself, the Belt & Road Initiative, old habits of statecraft, or the regime’s authoritarian nature? Four recent books help us sort through the morass.
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By Bread Alone?
The Poverty of Economics
Charles Fain Lehman
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Paths of History
Ben-Gurion's Letters to America
Ben Judah
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The Dialectic Strikes Back
China, Capitalism, and the New Cold War
Nils Gilman
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