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Radio Farda
Reading the News in Tehran

What the critics get wrong about RFE-RL’s Persian language news service, Radio Farda.

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Russia and the West
Georgia’s Dilemma

Georgia is caught between Russia’s destructive designs and the West’s lukewarm regard.

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The Middle East
The Qatar Crisis in Context

The historical record shows that U.S. foreign policy would be well served by resisting the temptation to take sides.

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The Insecurity of the West
Losing the Nation-State

The liberal international order cannot survive the unraveling of strong national communities that are the baseline of democratic government.

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Original Sins
A Race to Nowhere

Were Jim Crow and American eugenics laws the models for Nazi race law?

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Operation Moses
An Unsung Foreign Service Hero

Some 10,000 Ethiopian Jews owe their lives to Jerry Weaver, an FSO with swash and buckle to spare.

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A Tragedy in Four Acts
A Game of Brexit

What the loss of Theresa May’s Chief of Staff means for the Brexit negotiations.

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A Mirror up to Nature
Shakespeare’s Politics

We know little of his political opinions, but there’s much we can learn of them from the recurrent themes of his works.

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Dog Days
Pumphrett Finds Work for Idle Hands

Volume nine of The Pumphrett Papers.

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Asia's Game of Thrones
Central Asia: All Together Now

The region that isn’t, and how it may be reclaiming itself.

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