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Putin—along with many Russians—continues to chase fantasies of Russia’s past glory, at the expense of his country’s future.

Erdogan has already purged thousands, but the arrest of a dozen newspaper staffers marks the next stage of the crackdown.

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If the U.S. is to meet the global security challenges to come, the next President must make strengthening the alliance with Europe a priority.

Will the Kurds’ proxy fight against ISIS work against their national aspirations in the long run?

Hillary’s answer to American discontent is a familiar litany of left-liberalism, while conservative scholars outline a post-Trump intellectual revival.