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The Best Words
Trump and the Future of English

The President’s language usage reflects less how we will use language than ways that we actually already do.

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U.S.-Japan Relations
A Raw Deal for Shinzo Abe?

The Mar-a-Lago summit exposed the limits of Abe’s personal rapport with Trump, and the costs of Trump’s transactional approach—but if Abe plays his cards right, it could become a positive turning point for the alliance.

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Lessons from California
The Question of Borders

Immigration today raises many of the same issues that were debated in the 1980s and 1990s—and the Golden State is once again at the heart of the matter.

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A Conversation With William Browder
“We’ve Now Gotten Putin’s Attention”

The American Interest speaks with the architect of the Magnitsky Act to learn why the latest sanctions on Russia have hit so much harder than past ones, and what they may presage for the future.

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Cart Before the Horse
Misdiagnosing the Western Crisis

Trump, fake news, and Russian belligerence are symptoms of the West’s disease, not its causes.

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Contingency Planning
The Middle East’s Next Big War?

Saudi Arabia and Iran could be just one Houthi missile away from war.

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Better Angels
America’s Sign Language

Why looking at our signs is looking at us.

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Hungarian Elections
A Win for Populist Paternalism

After his landslide victory, Viktor Orbán will be empowered to continue Hungary’s slide into authoritarianism—and the opposition will need to rebuild itself from the ground up.

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Print & Pixels
The King of Masks

How the “Xi change” in China is causing an invisible earthquake.

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Reforming France
Macron’s Thatcher Moment?

The French President is facing down the perfect storm of labor protests against his reforms. Will he be as ironclad as Maggie?

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