Essays
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Endgame
What Does Putin Want?

Moscow’s many stated reasons for fighting in Ukraine are either false or incoherent. Its actual goals, unfortunately, preclude a tidy and quick resolution ever taking hold.

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Asia's Game of Thrones
China’s Uncertain Future

The Chinese Communist Party is slowly ossifying under Xi.

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Netanyahu's Win
Bibi Is Back: The Consequences for U.S.-Israeli Relations

It is, of course, Netanyahu’s right to reject the two-state solution. But given how Americans tend to see the world, doing so will have consequences for the bilateral relationship.

...& Other Curiosities
Supersessionism and All That

Throughout history, movements have sprung up denying the profound discontinuities between Christians and Jews, as well as between Protestants and Catholics.

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Now You See Him...
Has the Russian System’s Agony Begun?

Or was Putin’s disappearing act just the dress rehearsal for the looming collapse?

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Know Thy Enemy
The Tyrant’s Hopelessness

The ancients knew: to understand a tyranny, you have to understand the tyrant’s soul.

The Iran Deal
The Way Forward on Iran

The P5+1 left a few key players out of the equation. The President must act to add them in.

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The GOP Letter to Iran
All’s Well That Ends Well?

The GOP Senators’ letter to Iran was a bad, irresponsible move—but it may turn out for the best anyway.

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Compare and Contrast
Apostasy in Saudi Arabia and Utah

If you are inclined toward apostasy, do it in Utah rather than the Middle East. And thank God for the constitution of the United States!

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The Nuclear Deal
The Senators Are Right on Iran

Put not your faith in Presidents—unless you get a Congressional say-so.

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