Essays
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How the West Misjudged Russia Part 8
Looking for Explanations—or Justification?

Are there really any justifications for the annexation of Crimea and armed intervention in Ukraine?

Academia
Victims and Victimologists

Every modern revolutionary movement has sought to change the language. Campus liberals are hardly the first.

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Middle East Aflame
Meanwhile, in Syria…

What’s been happening in Syria since the “cessation of hostilities” began to take effect about ten days ago? Both less and more than meets the eye of the casual observer.

US and Europe
Globalization and Political Instability

How the transformation of the world economy shook up Western politics.

Election 2016
Is Donald Trump a Fascist?

The short answer is “no,” but there’s plenty of room for discomfort.

Clinton v. Trump?
Europe Begins to Worry

Whoever wins in November, Europeans fear that collective security and Transatlantic relations will not return to center stage.

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Culture Wars
Religious Liberty in America: The Next Chapter

Unilateral disarmament in the culture wars is impossible when the left is on offense.

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Boutros-Ghali and Hassanein Heikal
In Service of the State

Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Mohamed Hassenein Heikal were the products of an Egyptian intellectual class that never imagined a life outside the state, and of serving its ruler.

Social Construction
South Dakota, LGBT, and the Culture War

There is a curious affinity between the recent LGBT movement and conservative religious views about the sexual dimension of human life.

China and the US
A Tale of Two Civilizations

Can China and the United States develop a world order that both will value and defend?

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