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2017 and Beyond
US Democracy Promotion: Aim Lower

An effective foreign policy requires us to temper our ambitions and act with restraint.

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After Empire
The Stages of Grief at the Frontier

Or, how to survive when your empire dissolves.

Mending Defense
G.I. Who?

Most military budget reformers focus on the technology and hardware we will need for future conflicts. Few address the military’s most important asset: its people.

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Journalism
The Last Gentleman

Remembering Arnaud de Borchgrave, luminary of a lost age of journalism.

The Long View
Will the Nuclear Deal Transform Iran?

There are no guarantees, but we should take the time to find out.

Norman Mac?
After Fannie and Freddie

Most Republicans and even many Democrats agree that we should replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The problem is figuring out what comes next.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Hong Kong’s Umbrella Soldiers

Veterans of Hong Kong’s 2014 street demonstrations are founding new political parties to demand a voice in the city’s government.

Islam and Diversity
The Moroccan Difference

How four men—three Muslims and a Jew—represent Morocco in all its complexity.

21st century troubles
The Second Nuclear Age Updated

We’ve slipped into a second nuclear age, though most of the West hasn’t noticed. This one is a lot more complicated and a lot less stable.

Troubled Waters
Russia, Iran, and Inland Seas

A bastion strategy for the second nuclear age.

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