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Not Only Khashoggi
License to Kill
Larry Diamond

We must make it clear, not only to the Saudi monarchy but to all the world’s dictators, that they cannot murder their opponents with impunity.

 Published: 2018-10-18 16:28:19
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A Me-First President in a #MeToo Era
Bruce E. Cain

Can Republicans withstand the threat of a coming blue wave?

 Published: 2018-10-17 14:00:27
 
Carrots & Sticks
Trump Can Win Back Central Europe
Dalibor Rohac

He has the conservative bona fides most other Western Europeans lack.

 Published: 2018-10-15 15:11:15
 
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Democracy’s Ugly Brother
Martha Bayles

The shrillness, vulgarity, and shamelessness on display in the Kavanaugh spectacle will only get worse—because it is in the self-interest of our bottom-line-obsessed media to let it get worse.

 Published: 2018-10-10 09:00:31
 
Losing the Narrative
Under the Information Rubble
Peter Pomerantsev

What happens when the stories through which we make sense of the world collapse?

Published: 2018-10-09 12:19:22
 
Book Review
Crashed and Burning
Ben Judah

Adam Tooze reveals the unanswered questions still roiling European politics.

 Published: 2018-10-08 17:59:00
 
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The Courage of the Powerless versus the Craven Behemoth
Thomas O. Melia

Google’s newfound moral flexibility has real, tangible costs.

 Published: 2018-10-05 14:13:39
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 Published: Sep 14, 2018
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