Essays
The End of Ideology—This Time for Real
The Anti-Cold War

For the first time in history, a U.S. foreign policy shorn of American idealism seems not only possible, but probable. How did this happen?

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Liberal Democracy
Does Islam Belong?

The question is not whether Islam belongs in Europe or the United States, but how.

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Egypt's Christians
Church of Martyrs

Sunday’s attack is neither the first nor the last that the Coptic Church will endure in Egypt.

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National Security
NSC Transitions: Risky Times for New Administrations

Some thoughts on streamlining the transition process for future NSC staff.

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Trump’s Foreign Policy
The Art of the Global Deal

Five areas ripe for deal-making for the incoming Trump Administration.

Understanding the Election Meddling
What Does Russia Really Want?

The hyperventilation by the press over Russian interference in our elections is playing right into Putin’s hands.

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US and Russia
The Temptation of a “Grand Bargain”

The temptation to strike a bargain with a great-power rival is one the Romans knew, too. We should resist it.

Immigration Debate
Democrats Don’t Have the Vocabulary to Oppose Trump’s Labor Secretary

By buying in so fully to the language of cosmopolitanism, the Democrats may have undermined their best defense against a fast food CEO who as Labor Secretary might seek to undo many priorities of the economic Left.

European Disunion
Back in the USSR

Is the European Union heading for a Soviet-style collapse?

Rebuilding America
How Trump Can Build a Powerful Political Machine

Trump’s infrastructure ambitions can help him build the most powerful political machine America has seen in decades.

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