Essays
Policy Shift?
Changing the Tune About a United Jerusalem

A shift in Netanyahu’s official statements suggests he’s laying the groundwork for relinquishing some of Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods.

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Donald of Arabia
Why Trump Shouldn’t Rush to Pop Champagne Corks

Spoilers are already laying plans to derail the President’s Middle East agenda.

Europe in the Age of Trump
NATO Without America?

Like democracy, our European allies are our worst option except for all the others. The Europeans need us, and we need them—let’s not call the whole thing off.

The Doctor Is In
No More Shenanigans

To achieve real reform, the era of the ideologue and the bureaucrat must be brought to an end. Make way for the doctor and the nurse.

Make China Great Again
One Belt, One Road, One Bluff

China’s infrastructure investment plan looks impressive—until you look a little closer.

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Russia & The West
Our No-Fault Russia Policy

No, the U.S. didn’t “lose” Russia—it was in the historical cards. And acknowledging that strengthens us.

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States Under Stress
Piracy on the Cyber Seas

How the disintermediation and hyperconnectivity afforded by the cyber revolution threaten the order of the commons, and thus the Westphalian state system itself.

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No Puppet
Russia House (of Cards)

The prima facie improbability of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Balkan Ghosts
The Macedonian Crisis Is Far from Over

Yesterday, Macedonia’s opposition was granted the mandate to form a government, ending a long-running political standoff. But the country is not out of the woods yet.

China Photos
China and Modernity
The Consolations of Ceremony

Can the recent actions of the Chinese government be explained in terms of Confucian rather than Marxist thought?

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