Essays
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Israel Infighting
A Bloody Summer

Two years after the Gaza war of 2014, the political fight over Netanyahu’s handling of it heats up—and the prospect of another war looms.

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Middle East Mess
Cracks Start to Show in Jordan

Washington must work closely with Amman to safeguard the stability of this crucial ally.

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Putin's Power Plays
Will Russia Overextend Itself?

Changing demography and imperial ambitions in the near abroad may be too much for Moscow.

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Restoring Liberalism
The Crisis of Liberal Order

The liberal world order is under assault—by the new populists from within and autocrats from without.

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The Political Economy of Illiberality
Technoglobalism and Its Discontents

The economic roots of populist rage.

Geopolitical Judo
Russia Re-Emerges as a Great Power in the Middle East

History has few examples of a weak power like Russia making so many gains against so powerful a country as the United States.

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AFTER ISIS
A Plan for Protecting Iraq’s Minority Communities

A Nineveh Plain Province would help to save minority communities in Iraq and be a model for a more decentralized and secure country.

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New World Disorder
It’s Kim Jong-un’s World; We’re Just Living In It

We don’t live in the world the “liberal internationalists” have imagined exists; we live in a world where, more and more, the law of the jungle applies.

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Needed:
A Transitional International Administration for South Sudan

Aside from standing back and letting catastrophe unfold in South Sudan, what are our options?

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Election 2016
Why Ohio?

Ohio is a likely bellwether of the outcome of 2016. Its history explains why.

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