Essays
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Eurosion
Don’t Sweat Institutions, Fix Relationships

Europe is running out of time to overcome its conceptual inertia.

Checks and Balances
Liberal Democracy Is Stronger Than Trump’s Populism

Why Trump isn’t the threat to America’s liberal institutions that many fear.

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The Middle East and Beyond
“If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem”? Not a Chance

What does President Trump’s announcement about Jerusalem mean, and what does it do?

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Middle East Mess
Murphy’s Law and Saudi Foreign Policy

With the death of Ali Abdullah Saleh, everything that can go wrong has gone wrong for Saudi foreign policy.

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Party Politics
When “Top-Two” Means “Only One”

Could open primaries help elevate a new breed of political moderates? California’s experience suggests otherwise.

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Moral Panics
The Warlock Hunt

The #MeToo moment has now morphed into a moral panic that poses as much danger to women as it does to men.

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Fixing Françafrique
Macron’s African Ambitions

The French President wants to mend his country’s paternalistic policy toward its former African colonies—but his trip to the region foretells more continuity than change.

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Border Skirmish
The Future of Northern Ireland: Brexit and EU Borders

The United Kingdom’s Leave vote is posing enormous, possibly intractable problems for both Northern Ireland and the Republic.

Continent in Crisis
Europe’s Wheel of Fortune Turns

Like it or not, change is coming to European institutions. The only question is what kind of change.

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Policy Hazards
The Middle East’s Next Big Challenge: Nuclear Security

Nuclear power poses profound security threats to the Middle East—but not in the ways you might expect.

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