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Election 2016
Donald Trump, Human Nature, and the Craving for Respect

Trump’s popularity raises disconcerting questions not only about American voters but about human nature as well.

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Russia and the West
The Hollow Men

Far from formidable, Vladimir Putin and those around him in the Kremlin have made themselves prisoners of the past.

Norman Mac?
After Fannie and Freddie

Most Republicans and even many Democrats agree that we should replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The problem is figuring out what comes next.

Asia's Game of Thrones
Hong Kong’s Umbrella Soldiers

Veterans of Hong Kong’s 2014 street demonstrations are founding new political parties to demand a voice in the city’s government.

Poets Laureate
Shakespeare or Cervantes?

Who would be the more apt Bard for America today?

Religion & Other Curiosities
Pope Francis Drops the Other Shoe

Amoris Laetitia is a splendid, even poetic invocation of the human wonder of family life, of the love of spouses, and between parents and children.

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How the West Misjudged Russia Part 13
The Kremlin’s Triad as the Means of Survival

The West needs to understand that the Russian System is willing to fight for its survival, and that this fight could take many different forms.

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Countdown to the NATO Summit
The Return of “In-Between” Europe

Geopolitics has returned to Europe not because history has been forgotten, but because it has been remembered all too well.

Strategic Vision
Toward a Global Realignment

As its era of global dominance ends, the United States needs to take the lead in realigning the global power architecture.

Troubled Waters
Russia, Iran, and Inland Seas

A bastion strategy for the second nuclear age.

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