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Asia's Game of Thrones
Mr. Isa’s Visa

India denies that it caved to pressure from China in cancelling a prominent Uighur activist’s visa, but its explanations don’t stand up to scrutiny.

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Order and Chaos
Barbarians, War, and Saint Augustine

Political orders, even fragile, imperfect ones, are worth defending from those who would wreck them.

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Mutatis Mutandis
Change Is Now

The uses and abuses of time in contemporary theater.

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Coming to the Rescue
How Conservatives Can Save the EU

And why wishing for its demise is a mistake.

Tax Evasion Nation
Ending Tax Haven Abuse

Solving the offshore money-laundering and tax evasion system is easy, but the Obama Administration’s proposal isn’t the way to do it.

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Europe's Future
Sweden’s Immigration Conundrum

Intolerance by and against Muslim migrants has marred life in this once tranquil social democracy. But Sweden is still better placed than most countries in Europe to deal with these problems.

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Energy Renaissance
Energizing U.S. Foreign Policy

How America can use natural gas and oil exports as a diplomatic force multiplier.

Election 2016
Why Trump Is Illegitimate

Style counts—and Trump’s style doesn’t befit an ordinary American citizen, much less the President of the United States.

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Trump’s Foreign Policy
A Third Term for President Obama?

Their rhetorical styles are different, but Donald Trump shares more than a few of President Obama’s foreign policy instincts.

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2016 And Beyond
Pragmatic Engagement

A national security strategy for the next President.

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