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Knowledge Problems
The Emerging R&D Landscape: A Tale of Scale and Saturation

Global competition has effectively rendered America’s R&D model obsolete. We must adapt to new realities if we are to retain our competitive edge.

Small Nations
Estonia and the Kindness of Strangers

Estonia has expertly played the hand it has been given by history, building a model small democratic nation in the 20th century. But its size and geography mean its fate is still not in its own hands.

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Polling Error
The Missing Link Between Evangelicals and Trump

Plenty of evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in 2016—but their margins are nowhere near what the pollsters would have you believe.

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Religion & Politics
Evangelicalism and Its Electoral Discontents

Attempts to explain Evangelical politics face a simple but vexing question: Does Evangelicalism even exist as a unitary movement?

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Coalition Building
Tactical Illusions and Split 
Outcomes

Despite all the talk of partisan gerrymandering and electoral unfairness, the number one priority for both parties should be building broad, sustainable coalitions.

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Parallels
The Suffocation of History

Christopher Browning’s polemical analogizing of the Trump era to the death of the Weimar Republic overlooks a similarity between the two periods that is considerably less flattering to deplorable-denouncing “democrats.”

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May's Folly
Brexit: An Unsustainable Deal

The draft EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement only prolongs the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, and will almost surely be rejected by Parliament.

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Two Histories and a Future
American K-12 Education in Thrall

Despite all our 21st-century advances in education neuroscience and digital technology, our K-12 educational systems are still stuck in the 19th century.

Regional Inequalities
Fighting the Geography of Discontent

Neoliberal policy failures have played a critical role in shaping today’s regionally splintered political landscape. It’s time to revisit old economic orthodoxies and chart a sane path forward.

After the Midterms
A New Age of Reform

Big changes are coming to how we do democracy in America.

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