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The View from Warsaw
From Pole to Pole: The Rise and Fall of Liberal Poland

A tale of cultural division and political reality along the Vistula.

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Protests in Paris
The Rage of the Yellow Jackets

Some of the root causes of the unrest in Paris are specifically French. But many of them are all too familiar to mature economies worldwide.

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Pop Idols
Clapton and the Devil Blues

A new biography of Eric Clapton tells a quintessential ’60s story—and a didactic tale of how suffering can lead to redemption.

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The Russian Zelig
Searching for Vitaly

Amid the turbulence of Putin’s reign, can the remarkable career of diplomatic virtuoso Vitaly Churkin offer any guideposts for the future of Russia’s relations with the West?

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Eat the Press
When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale

How the financial crisis precipitated a mass exodus of Western investment from Central Europe—and paved the way for oligarchic takeovers of media.

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Belt & Road Initiative
China’s Trojan Ports

Beijing’s systematic acquisition of European ports is not a precursor to Chinese militarism in Europe. But it is an important component of an ambitious and insidious strategy.

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Polling Error
The Missing Link Between Evangelicals and Trump

Plenty of evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in 2016—but their margins are nowhere near what the pollsters would have you believe.

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May's Folly
Brexit: An Unsustainable Deal

The draft EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement only prolongs the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, and will almost surely be rejected by Parliament.

Putin's Retirement Plan?
The Privatization That Wasn’t

New reporting confirms that the “privatization” of Russia’s oil giant Rosneft was the kleptocratic fraud we suspected all along.

Working It Out
Debunking Economic Piety

Oren Cass explains why a focus on consumption has led our economic policy astray, and how we can create a labor market that puts workers first. (A transcript from our podcast.)

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