Essays
Election 2016
Why Trump Is Illegitimate

Style counts—and Trump’s style doesn’t befit an ordinary American citizen, much less the President of the United States.

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Trump’s Foreign Policy
A Third Term for President Obama?

Their rhetorical styles are different, but Donald Trump shares more than a few of President Obama’s foreign policy instincts.

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2016 And Beyond
Pragmatic Engagement

A national security strategy for the next President.

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Syria
On With the War

Bashar al-Assad and company are actually trying to win the war. This is a somehow still a surprise in certain quarters.

The Long View
Will the Nuclear Deal Transform Iran?

There are no guarantees, but we should take the time to find out.

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Ukrainian Politics
Odessa on Edge

A tense weekend opens up into an even tenser week in a Ukrainian city struggling to keep its demons in check.

Theft & World Disorder
Stage Hands

How Western enablers facilitate kleptocracy.

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Astropolitics
The Invisible Arms Race

We’ve finally admitted that the space race is on. Time for bold steps to compete.

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Battle for Ukraine
The Best Ways to Help Ukraine

Scrap the Minsk agreement, hold the line on sanctions on Russia, and keep pressuring Ukraine’s leaders to clean up corruption.

Religion & Other Curiosities
Have Secularists Won the Culture War?

A set of recommendations on a strategic platform for those not ready to worship at the shrine of progressive ideology.

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