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Countries in Transition
The Fragility Spectrum

It’s time to set aside the one-size-fits-all approach to aiding countries in transition.

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On the Brink
Bracing for an Israel-Iran Confrontation in Syria

The United States has options for preventing—or at least limiting the scope of—a regional showdown in Syria.

NATO En Route to Brussels
The Fracturing of the Transatlantic Community

The national security consequences of increasingly polarized publics have not yet registered in debates about the collective defense of the West. 

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A View from Yerevan
Inside Armenia’s Improbable “Velvet Revolution”

In toppling Armenia’s long-serving leader, the protests in Yerevan have already surpassed all expectations. How did it happen—and what comes next?

Alexander Novati
The Imagination Police
Zombie Lit

Imagination policing in publishing is rapidly getting out of hand.

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Unreliable Narratives
Sean Hannity’s Learned Helplessness

The Fox News host’s radical relativism is all too familiar to anyone acquainted with Russian propaganda.

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Shakespeare and Politics
Killing Tyranny with Kindness

In Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, a tyrant becomes imprisoned in his tyranny, but the moral characters outwait his madness with patience and faith. A lasting lesson?

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Protests in Yerevan
Armenia’s Crisis of Legitimacy

Sargsyan’s resignation may not suffice to address the long-brewing anger against Armenia’s establishment—nor resolve the country’s main geopolitical conundrum.

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Asia's Game of Thrones
India and China: The Risks of a Reset

Modi’s visit to China this week could lead to an easing of their strained ties—but any reset will benefit Beijing far more than New Delhi.

By the Numbers
The Roots of German Radicalism

Support for rebellious politics in Germany goes way, way back.

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