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Veteran’s Day
After Johnny’s Marched Home

Military veterans and the shaping of American politics.

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China's Climate Conundrums
How to Make a Mountain of Coal Disappear

China’s pollution books are either messy or cooked. Either option emphasizes the Potemkin nature of a supposedly binding global climate accord.

Leonard Brooks Pierson
Homo Americanus
A Cowboy Life in Poetry

Who would have thought that real cowboy versifying was still around as late as the 1950s?

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Asia's Game of Thrones
Why Does China Fear Taiwan?

The answer, in short, is democracy. The U.S. should do more to defend it.

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After the deal
Unfinished Business from the Iran Nuclear Debate

As the clock counts down to implementation, the U.S. needs to move quickly to correct the flaws and close the loopholes of the JCPOA.

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Erdogan Rising
Turkey’s Elections, the Syrian Crisis, and the US

Fresh off his party’s stunning election victory, will Erdogan get in the way of U.S. plans, or work with Washington toward a grand bargain on Syria and Iraq?

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After Obergefell v. Hodges
Same-Sex Marriage and the Baby Business

How same-sex marriage could lead to a setback for women.

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Poland’s Elections
No, the Sky Isn’t Falling

The Law and Justice party’s sweeping victory in Poland will reshape the country’s politics, but predictions of a euroskeptic lurch are premature.

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China and the West
China’s Pivot to Europe, with British Characteristics

By dint of its new deals, Beijing has gained a voice in UK and European business.

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Europe's Immigration Crisis
EU à la Carte Back on the Menu

The refugee crisis has revived an old idea in Europe: differentiated integration.

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