Essays
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Calling a Spade a Spade
A Non-Ally Relationship with Pakistan

President Trump’s eruptions against Pakistan acknowledge a longstanding historical reality: for all practical purposes, Pakistan and the United States are not allies.

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Crisis in the Middle East
Wanted: A Counter-Iran Strategy

The Middle East hasn’t settled down; far from it. Iran’s designs will disrupt it for years to come, and U.S. policymakers must start preparing.

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Energy Subsidies
FERC Foils Perry’s Plan to Coddle Coal

The Trump administration’s plan to help struggling coal producers hit a major roadblock this week.

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Trumpian Strategy Options
ROK, Paper, Scissors: Cut the Tie That Binds

It’s time to revisit the utility of the U.S.-South Korean alliance.

The Trust Crisis
An Emotional America

The growing role of feelings in shaping our reality.

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From Russia With Love
The New Greek Oligarchy

The strange saga of a Greek-Russian tobacco tycoon shows how crisis-era Greece has regressed into a post-Soviet-style oligarchy.

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Ten Lessons
Development with Chinese Characteristics

How the Chinese model can help developing countries in formulating their own economic strategies.

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A Pol by Any Other Name
What’s in a Label?

The current struggle for control of the Democratic Party is intimately bound up with the labeling process. How it is resolved will affect the future of the nation.

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European Disunion
The Fading of the Idea of Central Europe

Will the European rift widen in 2018?

Reading Last Year
The Top Books of 2017

A short list of things you should have read last year.

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