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Mosul on Their Minds

A new play about Iraqi Christian immigrants deals with the conflict between remembering and forgetting.  

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Liberalism vs. Populism
The Good Liberal

Yascha Mounk’s new defense of liberalism offers a perceptive diagnosis of its decline, but not much in the way of a cure.

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The Birth Dearth
Undoing China’s One-Child Policy

Beijing successfully ratcheted down birth rates, but can it ratchet them back up again?

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Print & Pixels
We All Play Our Parts

Five discomfiting aspects of the media spectacle that now accompanies every mass shooting.

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At the Movies
The Loveless Russia of Andrey Zvyagintsev

In Loveless, the latest Oscar-nominated import from Russia’s most famous filmmaker, every unhappy family is alike, while happy families are nowhere to be seen at all.

Bluffing 101
Who Has the Best Nukes?

Vladimir Putin does!

End of an Era
The Collapse of Racial Liberalism

Both the Right and the Left have dropped the pretense of racial liberalism, and the country faces a choice.

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Old and New Power
The Case for Democratic Optimism

Doomsayers are too quick to predict the inevitable decline of democracy. As the example of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty shows, a smart investment in “new power” efforts can lay the foundation for a democratic renewal.

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The Syria Chemical Weapons Portfolio Thickens

The yawning duplicity of the Syrian regime and its Russian lawyers grows wider, and the irresponsible claims of the Obama Administration become more obvious than ever.

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Responding to Russia
Putin’s Strategy of Chaos

Russia’s drive to compete as a great power is dangerous for the West—and the Kremlin. We must do better at recognizing the strategy behind the trolling. 

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