Us and Them
The Vices of Nationalism

“Conservative democracy” is no substitute for multilateralism.

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Know Thyself
Getting the China Challenge Right

What is at stake in the emerging contest between Washington and Beijing is nothing less than the future prosperity and security of free societies—in Asia and around the world.

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Let It Go
Why Brussels Should Be Wary of a Cancelled Brexit

Brussels has made clear its belief that Brexit was a mistake. But at this point, a clean break is probably for the best.

2019 Predictions

Another year, another round of prognostication. TAI editors speculate about what 2019 has in store.

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Institutional Decay
The Fall of Jim Wright—and the House of Representatives

If you want to understand what’s gone wrong in Congress, the career of Jim Wright offers a good place to start.

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Governing Russia
After the Crimean Consensus

Russia’s “managed democracy” is still far from competitive, but it’s experiencing increased political friction as stakeholders demand more concessions from the Kremlin.

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More Than A Feeling
The US-Brazil Relationship Must Be More Than Friendship

With the election of Jair Bolsonaro, U.S.-Brazil relations stand to gain a great deal—but only if Trump makes a concerted diplomatic effort.

The Left’s Case Against Birthright Citizenship

The view that “none of us deserve citizenship” is incoherent because it invokes the horrors of statelessness to make what is essentially an anti-statist argument.

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Irony in Motion
Leaving Syria

We probably should not be leaving Syria. But it’s more complicated than the chatterati would have you believe.

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Populist Scarecrows
Georgian Dream’s Pyrrhic Victory

Salome Zurabishvili’s ascent to the presidency of Georgia was an empty victory for the politics of fear.

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