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Political Order
Parliament Over Presidents
Diane Francis

Parliamentary democracies are generally more efficient than presidential ones because the executive and legislative branches are fused.

 Published: 2019-10-18 16:44:15
 
From Shame to War
Trump on a Rampage
Josef Joffe

History will judge Trump as harshly for his betrayal of the Kurds as it has the apostles of “peace in our time.”

 Published: 2019-10-17 15:06:23
 
Sleazy Playbook Redux
How the Press Can Avoid Playing Trump’s Game
Carla Anne Robbins

One of the lessons of the 2016 campaign should be more serious questions from reporters—not fewer.

 Published: 2019-10-13 14:09:24
 
Origins of Racism
The Banality of Bigotry
Richard Thompson Ford

Trump’s blatant bigotry makes it easy to cast racists as loud, obnoxious villains who need to be named and shamed. But the most pernicious forms of racism today are systemic, not individual.

 Published: 2019-10-11 13:34:33
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Why do public health and scientific establishments disdain tobacco and vaping, but cannabis gets a pass? The answer reveals hidden assumptions behind the neuroscientific approach to life.
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Canada's Anti-Identity
Why Canada Won't Go Populist
Ben Woodfinden
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Beyond the Kurds
The Geopolitical Stakes in Iraq
Anna Borshchevskaya
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Central Asian Futures
Azerbaijan: Reform Behind a Static Façade
Svante E. Cornell
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The Return of the Jordan Valley
American Withdrawal and the Future of Israeli Security
Dore Gold
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Energy and Geopolitics
Defeat Iran with Methanol
Robert Zubrin
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