Essays
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European Expansion
The EU Embrace

The excitement over EU enlargement has faded, but the benefits of Europe’s institutions already extend past its borders.

higher education
In Defense of Adjuncts

How older part-time professors, seasoned by real-world experience, are helping to revitalize American universities.

Culture in America
The Meaning of the Super Bowl

In the age of drones, football is war between individual men.

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Political Decay
Kenya’s Democratic Drift

With the opposition leader declaring himself “People’s President” and the authorities clamping down, Kenya’s already troubled democracy is poised for a serious stress test.

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Middle East Aflame
The U.S. and Turkey: Past the Point of No Return?

With Ankara and Washington on a collision course in northern Syria, both sides will have to rethink their priorities if they want to salvage an increasingly hollow alliance.

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Pressuring Putin
How to Make Russia Sanctions Bite

The release of an “oligarch report” this week should be just the beginning.

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A View from Germany
The Dresden Diaries

Populist impressions from the heart of old-new Europe.

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Religious Freedom
Persecution in the Land of the Pure

After years of neglect, the State Department is finally responding to Pakistan’s dismal record on religious freedom. The time is ripe for more serious action.

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All That Jazz
Goodman’s Greatest Gig at 80

The 1938 Carnegie Hall concert that changed the jazz world forever.

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Photo Essay
Smashing Into a New World: Iconoclasm Through the Ages

From ancient Egypt to the present, elites have always erected monuments to signal what their inferiors should venerate—and new regimes have always ordered the demolition of the old.

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