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Russia 2018-2024
Society and Rulers

A pall of uncertainty has descended on Russia in the run-up to the next presidential elections and beyond.

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European Bellwethers
A New Start for Austria?

Austria’s next Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz has managed to do what Germany’s Angela Merkel couldn’t.

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Human Rights & Corruption
Getting Tough with Aliyev

The Trump Administration should use the Magnitsky Act to punish human rights abuses and corruption in Azerbaijan.

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A Continent in Flux
The Twilight of an Era in Europe

Four key currents are reshaping and redefining the European project, whether Europe’s leaders like it or not.

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Jazz
Monk at a Hundred

Thelonious Monk was a bebop pioneer who swiftly left that medium behind for a style of music entirely his own making.

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Let's Talk
Where’s the Trust?

Collapsing social trust is the biggest problem we don’t discuss.

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Escalation
Erdogan’s High-Stakes Game

Erdoğan’s latest contretemps with the United States could end up doing irreparable harm to the U.S.-Turkish relationship.

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Strategic Clarity
Yes, Mr. President—Sovereignty!

The President’s speech to the UN General Assembly last month contained the beginnings of a good idea for U.S. foreign policy. Now let’s see if he runs with it.

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We Must Bury Them
The 800-Pound Gorilla in Hurricane Season

You don’t see him, then you do see him, and then you don’t again.

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Down Down Down
The Relentless Decline of Social Democracy in the West

Throughout Europe and the United States, the moderate Left has increasingly become a victim of its own past success.

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