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Power Play
The Grid of the Future

New technologies will transform the electricity market for our benefit and the environment’s—so long as we clear the way.

All the Money in the World
The World’s Largest Tax Haven? Guess Who

For decades, the United States has been one of the leading destination havens for wealthy individual offshore investors.

Intent to Deceive
The Russian Myth Machine

Russian political analysts are especially good at deception—of themselves as well as others. But why are Western experts so eager to be deceived?

What Philip Wrought
From Zuckerman to Zuckerberg: The Legacy of Philip Roth

How might we do the memory of the dearly departed writer justice?

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Next Steps
Will Washington Support the Libyan Electoral Process?

Libya has taken a critical step toward a democratic normalcy that it has never known.

St. Lawrence, Toronto
City Life
The Champion of Little Plans

Eschewing the Big Plans of her time, Jane Jacobs believed that urban renewal began with the countless hopes and dreams of a city’s individuals.

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Careless Words
Rights Talk, Redux

Almost three decades after Mary Ann Glendon’s Rights Talk, our political speech problem is worse than ever.

Sciences Po
R.I.P.
Pierre Hassner, 1933-2018

Polymath and public intellectual, Hassner was a towering figure in international relations.

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Petrostate Politics
Do High Oil Prices Mean More International Conflict?

As oil prices reach three-year highs, history tells us that we should expect more interstate aggression.

The Way of the Gun
American Crazy

Thoughts on Santa Fe, Texas, and a classic film noir for these times.

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