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When Milo Wins, So Do SJWs

Conservative provocateurs are not “owning the libs.” They’re enabling them.

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What the Khashoggi Affair tells us about American journalism, politics, and policymaking in the Age of Trump.

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The Russian Zelig
Searching for Vitaly

Amid the turbulence of Putin’s reign, can the remarkable career of diplomatic virtuoso Vitaly Churkin offer any guideposts for the future of Russia’s relations with the West?

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Eat the Press
When Oligarchs Buy Media: A Central European Tale

How the financial crisis precipitated a mass exodus of Western investment from Central Europe—and paved the way for oligarchic takeovers of media.

After the Midterms
America, Heal Thyself

Protecting one of the most important ways Americans express themselves: the vote.

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Belt & Road Initiative
China’s Trojan Ports

Beijing’s systematic acquisition of European ports is not a precursor to Chinese militarism in Europe. But it is an important component of an ambitious and insidious strategy.

Dilemmas Old and New
Change in Post-Putin Russia?

Putinist authoritarian rule has returned Russia to the dilemma confronting the Soviet Union at the end of the Brezhnev era: whether it can rethink or reformulate its fundamental purposes without un-leashing forces that its rulers cannot control.

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Trollocracy
Defending Journalists in an Era of “Destroyed Rights”

The vicious digital campaign to silence Filipino news site Rappler and its editor Maria Ressa makes clear that it’s time for a new accord on human rights online.

A Lesson From Georgia
Facing Up To Frozen Conflicts

Engagement rather than neglect is key. It’s time to take the U.S.–Georgia relationship to the next level.

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Getting to a Strategy
How To “Normalize” Relations With Russia

No, it doesn’t mean playing nice. It means convincing Moscow of the permanence of the geopolitical order on its western frontier.

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