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BRIC Bust?

The very structural characteristics that launched the economic successes of Brazil, Russia, India, and China are now holding them back.

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Doctors Finally Coming Around on Prices

Americans get charged a lot more than other countries for the same kind of treatment. But there are some obvious solutions already available to us.

Panoramas
Republican Prudence

Four basic principles defined the Founders’ foreign policy. We need to re-learn them.

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Conservative Internationalism

The old foreign policy “schools” debate is exhausted. We need a new synthesis.

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Progressive Pragmatism

The Obama Administration represents the dawn of a new and superior conception of American foreign policy.

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On the Ragged Edge

Working abroad for the U.S. government in the darkest corners of human depravity can make a person very unwell.

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Reviews
Gendered Orientalism

Lila Abu-Lughod claims that the supposedly oppressed women of the Muslim world don’t need the help of the enlightened West. Turns out, she’s right.

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The Eclectic Brilliance of Edmund Phelps

A 2006 Nobel laureate in economics reaches across disciplines to explore the nature of innovation.

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Rupertology

A lot of journalists love to hate Rupert Murdoch. One too many, perhaps?

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On Second Thought
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: A Brave Soul But Should She Be Honored?

Brandeis University had good reason to select Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive an honorary degree. But did they also have good reason to walk back that decision?

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