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A Lesson in Leadership
The Bibi Paradox
Michael Mandelbaum

Israel’s Prime Minister is a wildly successful statesman who is nonetheless widely disliked. What accounts for this?

 Published: 2018-08-15 12:23:42
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Better Angels
To Love Confederate Monuments and Civil Rights
David Blankenhorn

A Southern journey changes a native son.

 Published: 2018-08-14 12:33:41
 
The View from Slovakia
Central Europe’s Identity Crisis
Dalibor Rohac

A combination of nostalgia, geopolitical blindness, and weak institutions has countries like Slovakia feeling increasingly drawn to Moscow.

 Published: 2018-08-13 11:17:03
 
Fool's Gold
A Report From The Trade Wars
Josef Joffe

In a trade war, one folly begets the next. The Trump Administration’s tariffs are a prime example.

 Published: 2018-08-10 09:00:13
 
Nigeria's New Media
No News Is Bad News
Martha Bayles

The memory of 20th-century totalitarianism causes many in the West to conjure up images of state-run media using heavy-handed propaganda to indoctrinate the masses in a particular ideology. This is no longer the main threat.

 Published: 2018-08-06 17:40:25
 
Dulled and Dangerous
Terror and Stupefaction
Adam Garfinkle

Why do so many instances of terrorist violence involve drug use and abuse?

Published: 2018-07-31 14:56:08
 
Of Sausages and Kings
Individualism and the Disinformation State
Peter Pomerantsev

Freedom of speech, freedom to access and produce information, and a hyper-individualized sense of “self”—all symbols of the 20th-century struggle for human rights—have been turned on their head by savvy, repressive regimes.

 Published: 2018-07-27 12:17:15
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The “Libya Model”

So exactly what “Libya Model” did John Bolton have in mind?

 Published: May 18, 2018
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After a period of innovation and creativity driven by economists, the field of public administration seems to have lost its way again.

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

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