Essays
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How the West Misjudged Russia Part 4
Mad about Medvedev

How Western Russia experts fell for “Medvedev the reformer,” and why many of them buy into the Kremlin’s “humiliation” narrative.

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Post-Cologne Europe
The EU Must Secure Its External Borders

Elite failure to manage the growing migrant crisis is putting the future of the European project at risk.

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turkey and the kurds
A Tale of Two Strategies

Turkey should take a lesson from its own recent history with Iraqi Kurds, and seek rapprochement with the Syrian Kurds and the Democratic Union Party.

The Bubble Kingdom
Dithering as the Shadows Grow

China can’t disentangle politics and its credit markets. The costs continue to grow.

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Putin's Russia
What? Me Worry?

Is the Russian regime under Vladimir Putin becoming a “crazy state”?

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Putin's Russia
Betraying Magnitsky

When will the U.S. see the connection between Putin’s repression at home and aggression abroad?

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A New Middle East?
A U.S. Blueprint for Syria

Why does Russia always seem to be a step ahead of the U.S. in Syria? The answer is simple: Moscow knows exactly what it wants, and the U.S. doesn’t.

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The Colonials Strike Back
African Bishops Against Sexual Liberation

Will the Archbishop of Uganda excommunicate the Archbishop of Canterbury by 2019?

Taking Stock
The Eight Great Powers of 2016: Iran Joins the Club

In 2015, movements up and down the rankings had more to do with foreign policy missteps than with any actual achievements.

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historical arcs
Reagan as History

Can any one biography do justice to the life and accomplishments of America’s fortieth President?

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