Essays
Trump’s Foreign Policy
What Flynn’s Resignation Really Means

Flynn was the wrong man for the job, but his resignation tells us less about insidious Russian schemes than the Trump Administration’s flawed assumptions about Russia.

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2017 and Beyond
The US and Russia—What’s the Big Deal?

Actually, there probably won’t be one.

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The Samad Initiative
A Call for a Shakeup in Arab-Israeli Engagement

Civic actors from Israel and seven Arab countries meet publicly to lay the groundwork for a “peace between peoples.”

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European Disunion
Germany’s Dilemma

National politics have shaken to the core the once-confident German vision for deeper EU integration.

Better Angels
A Conversation with Lew Finfer

David Blankenhorn welcomes Lew Finfer, the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Community Action Network, to the Better Angels podcast.

Infrastructure Boondoggles
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

We need lots of smart reforms before President Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure initiative can deliver much bang for its pile of bucks.

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Policy Shop
Don’t Retire the National Security Act

Politics and personal misjudgments, not process, bears the largest share of the blame for U.S. national security blunders.

Reenactment of 16th century military drills by the Knights. (Wikimedia)
The State of the Church
The Knights of Malta Versus Pope Francis I

Conservative opponents are challenging the Pope over the sovereignty of an old and storied order.

Fighting ISIS
Victory in Mosul Won’t Save Iraq

A visit to Mosul reveals that ousting ISIS won’t put Iraq back together again—because it wasn’t together in the first place.

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Power Projection
Training Wreck

Security assistance is ill suited to winning wars. So why does Congress keep asking it to?

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