Lights Out For Nord Stream 2?
The EU May Have Just Put an End to Russia’s Pipeline Project

Russia’s capacity to play pipeline games may have just been effectively curtailed.

The Hidden Leader
Sebastian Kurz and the Fate of Europe

The weakness of both Macron and Merkel has opened the door to another player on the European chessboard: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.

Detail from a movie poster by Leslie Herman.
A Comedic Interlude
A Show Trial, and The Death of Putin

Black comedy as reality in modern Russia.

Balancing Act
As the EU Loses Steam, NATO Gains In Importance

Europeans are wrong to be nervous about America’s commitment to NATO. But neither should they be complacent.

Putin's Plummeting Popularity
Don’t Shoot The Messenger

It’s not just that Putin’s “trust” numbers are in free fall. It’s that his most trusted pollsters appear to be in a panic about it.

Trump & Freedom of Expression
Repression Is Contagious

On freedom of expression, leadership matters and bad behavior acts like a virus. Political actors look at their neighbors and act accordingly.

In Memoriam
Nathan Glazer (1923-2019)

A giant has passed away.

Xi's Power Play
Revolution in China. Again.

Unpacking the murky motives for Xi Jinping’s Chinese revolution.

America & the Authoritarians
A Hinge in History?

We live in perilous times. A domestic constitutional crisis that looks ever-more likely would unfold in a global context of profound turbulence and instability.

Gordana Knezević, sitting with the author in a restaurant in Sarajevo.
Print & Pixels
Expert in Adversity

The heroic actions, and difficult editorial decisions, undertaken by the Bosnian newspaper Oslobođenje during the siege of Sarajevo illustrate an important truth: Objectivity is not neutrality.

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