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Pushing Back
Countering a Kleptocratic Kremlin
Larry Diamond

We must remember that predatory authoritarianism is not stamped into the Russian DNA.

 Published: 2018-04-20 12:19:52
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Lessons from California
The Question of Borders
Bruce E. Cain

Immigration today raises many of the same issues that were debated in the 1980s and 1990s—and the Golden State is once again at the heart of the matter.

 Published: 2018-04-18 10:27:24
 
Cart Before the Horse
Misdiagnosing the Western Crisis
Dalibor Rohac

Trump, fake news, and Russian belligerence are symptoms of the West’s disease, not its causes.

 Published: 2018-04-16 12:29:19
 
Better Angels
America’s Sign Language
David Blankenhorn

Why looking at our signs is looking at us.

 Published: 2018-04-11 11:49:45
 
Print & Pixels
The King of Masks
Martha Bayles

How the “Xi change” in China is causing an invisible earthquake.

 Published: 2018-04-09 10:23:07
 
April Fools
Donald Trump’s Not-So-Grand Strategy
Josef Joffe

The President committed a double folly this week: starting a trade war against China while pleasing Russia and Iran with a promised pull-out from Syria.

 Published: 2018-04-06 12:12:52
 
A Letter from Germany
Dealing with the Dignity Deficit
Damir Marusic

Are the grievances tearing our societies apart at this hyper-polarized moment insurmountable? A week with some AfD voters and politicians gave me a measure of hope.

 Published: 2018-04-05 15:13:19
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The Mar-a-Lago summit exposed the limits of Abe’s personal rapport with Trump, and the costs of Trump’s transactional approach—but if Abe plays his cards right, it could become a positive turning point for the alliance.
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Divided Over a House
Philip A. Wallach
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Campus Life
Professors Support Free Speech
Samuel J. Abrams
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Count on It
Dictatorships and Data Standards
Nils Gilman
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After the Strikes
The Meaning of “Hard” in Syria
Adam Garfinkle
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"We've Now Gotten Putin's Attention"
Charles Davidson & Sean Keeley
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By Any Means Necessary
Russiagate and the Deep State
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Niagra Falls Moment #1
New Cold War…Not

If we misuse terms, our thinking becomes muddled. Take the suddenly ubiquitous phrase: “new Cold War.”

 Published: Apr 20, 2018
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Why Populism?
The Populist Surge

Trumpist populism could easily linger longer than most people readily assume.

 Published: Feb 09, 2018
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Welcome to Democracy Square

It is my pleasure to welcome you to this blog about the issues and challenges confronting democracy at home and abroad.

 Published: Oct 30, 2017
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