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Trump's SCOTUS Pick
Contempt of Court

Conservatives’ hardball tactics in moving the Supreme Court rightward could undercut its most important asset.

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Slovakia v. Achmea
How the European Court of Justice Undermined Europe

A recent ruling by the EU’s supreme court simultaneously undermines the single market, deprives its states access to investment flows, and threatens the bloc’s security. It also helps the Brits.

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Lose-Lose
The Great Unraveling, Cont’d

Donald Trump’s upcoming schmooze fest with Vladimir Putin at their July 16 summit confirms Europe’s worst fears: No. 45 really does want to wreck the American-built global order.

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Follow the Money
Russia’s Kleptocracy Laid Bare

New revelations from Panama expose the inner workings of Russia’s kleptocracy—and the hollow underpinnings of Putin’s regime.

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Diplomacy 101
Western Unity Is Best for Russian Summitry

Absent a coordinated Western position toward Russia’s neighbors, Trump’s hand with Putin will be seriously weakened.

Countdown to the NATO Summit
NATO and European Security in the Trump Era

Donald Trump, the great scourge of multilateralism and the Liberal World Order, might actually provide the impetus for remedying the advanced case of dry rot afflicting Euroatlantic security arrangements.

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Burke vs. Rousseau
Slow and Steady

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case and the ascent of theory over prudence in American political life.

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"Facts on the Water"
Will the South China Sea Become a Chinese Lake?

Twelve days at sea on a French warship provide occasion to ponder what lies ahead for the disputed waterway.

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All Heat and No Light
Books That Burn

Almost 70 years on, Ray Bradbury’s dire warnings in Fahrenheit 451 should still make all of us uncomfortable.

Our Russian Future
The Age of Flux

The future arrived in Russia first, and then spread to the West, with all the now too-familiar negative consequences. But for all its tragedy, there was also a sense of possibility then—as now.

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