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One Belt One Road
Dimensions, Detours, Fissures, and Fault Lines

Will Beijing’s massive infrastructure initiative boost its fortunes in Asia?

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Chaos and Collusion
Carter Page, Useful Idiot

The demonization of Carter Page highlights the most alarming aspect of our recent domestic political turmoil—a disturbing conviction that basic standards of truth or fairness must not be allowed to deflect from the paramount objective of toppling Trump.

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Re-Anchoring NATO
The US Needs to Boost Bilateral Relationships in Europe

And it should start by focusing on the “strategic triad” of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland.

Asian Futures
Limiting Chinese Aggression: A Strategy of Counter-Pressure

Five strategic fallacies are causing us to overlook a range of options for deterring Beijing.

higher education
In Defense of Adjuncts

How older part-time professors, seasoned by real-world experience, are helping to revitalize American universities.

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All That Jazz
Goodman’s Greatest Gig at 80

The 1938 Carnegie Hall concert that changed the jazz world forever.

Follow the Money
Citizens United = Russian Money in American Campaigns

A story even bigger than it looks at first glance.

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Life of the Mind
IDEA, Ideas, and the New Generation

The millennial generation is inheriting a desolate intellectual scene. Can thoughtfulness make a comeback?

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Northern Ireland
Nationalist Options

A Sinn Fein politician’s fall from grace highlights the dilemmas nationalist politicians face in Northern Ireland.

Markets and Man
The Great Transformer

Karl Polanyi’s classic of the fascist age offers a compelling explanation for our own times.

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