Essays
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Six Lessons
Protecting America’s Voice Abroad

A memo to the new CEO of U.S. international media.

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Safe Zone
Security in the Aftermath of ISIS

The Nineveh Plain Safe Zone would promote security, foster local governance, and revitalize the area’s economy. It’s time to put it in place.

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When Britannia Ruled
Thinking about the British Empire

British power, both “hard” and “soft,” helped shape the modern world.

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U.S. Policy in Asia
A Strategy for China’s Imperial Overstretch

In trying to defend an enormous empire with dwindling resources, Beijing has overstretched itself. Here’s how Washington can take advantage.

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Business Partners
Putting the U.S.-Israel Relationship to Work

Americans think of Israel in terms of ideology or geopolitics, when they should be thinking about business, technology, and job creation.

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Memory
Trump, Gingrich, Thatcher, and Me

When historical revisionism takes hold in a society, it’s time to get scared. It’s happened in Turkey and Germany, and now it’s happening here.

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The Kerry Legacy
Inside the Black Box of Israeli-Palestinian Talks

All sides failed in the most recent round of negotiations—but there was an opportunity for real progress. Take it from someone who was there.

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The Transatlantic Alliance
Europe Faces the Demolition Man

Behind the harsh rhetoric about freeloading allies, is Trump a Transatlanticist at heart?

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Memories
Gone to the Tote-Sum

Perhaps what truly has the power to keep us together in divisive times are the “mystic chords of memory.”

Manchurian Candidate?
Trump Isn’t Sounding Like a Russian Mole

Trump’s core global strategy is intended to destroy any illusions in Moscow that Russia is a peer competitor of Washington’s.

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